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4 - Surgical Management of Patients with Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2009

By
Janos Balega  and
John H. Shepherd
Edited by
Rodney Reznek
Janos Balega
Affiliation:
Gynaecological Cancer Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK.
John H. Shepherd
Affiliation:
Gynaecological Cancer Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK.
Rodney Reznek
Affiliation:
St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London
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Cancer of the Ovary , pp. 69 - 81
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2006

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