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Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica Volume 70, 1999 - Issue sup285: The Scandinavian Sarcoma Group: Twenty years' experience
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Chemotherapy in soft tissue sarcoma

The Scandinavian Sarcoma Group experience

Jan-Olof FernbergDepts. of Oncology, Radiumhemmet, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
,
Tom WiklundDepts. of Medical Oncology and Radiotherapy, University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
,
Odd MongeDepts. of Oncology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
,
Kirsten Sundby HallDepts. of Medical Oncology and Radiotherapy, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, Oslo, Norway
,
Gunnar SaeterDepts. of Medical Oncology and Radiotherapy, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, Oslo, Norway
,
Thor A AlvegårdDepts. of Oncology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
&
Hans StranderDepts. of Oncology, Radiumhemmet, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Pages 62-68 | Published online: 31 Aug 2016

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