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The importance of chest wall resections is underscored by the fact that about 7 % of all primary bone tumors are localized at the chest wall and 5 % of all lung cancer patients experience chest wall infiltration.
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Pfannschmidt, J. (2015). Chest Wall Resection and Repair. In: Dienemann, H., Hoffmann, H., Detterbeck, F. (eds) Chest Surgery. Springer Surgery Atlas Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12044-2_42
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