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Original Article

Cancer patients without a known primary: Incidence and survival trends in Sweden 1960–2007

Margareta Randén Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Lars-Erik Rutqvist Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Hemming Johansson Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 915-920 | Received 04 May 2008, Published online: 13 Aug 2009

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