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Alarm symptoms of soft-tissue and bone sarcoma in patients referred to a specialist center

Heidi B Dyrop Department of Experimental Clinical Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital; Aarhus Sarcoma Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.Correspondence[email protected]
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Peter Vedsted The Research Unit for General Practice, Aarhus University
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Akmal Safwat Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital; Aarhus Sarcoma Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Katja Maretty-Nielsen Department of Experimental Clinical Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital; Aarhus Sarcoma Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Bjarne H Hansen Aarhus Sarcoma Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Peter H Jørgensen Aarhus Sarcoma Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Thomas Baad-Hansen Aarhus Sarcoma Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Johnny Keller Aarhus Sarcoma Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Pages 657-662 | Received 20 Mar 2014, Accepted 12 Jun 2014, Published online: 01 Sep 2014

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