Abstract
Surgery was the first and for many years the only therapeutic modality of solid tumors, even though over the past few decades, randomized studies and metaanalyses have demonstrated the advantages of combined treatment in a large variety of tumors in which prolongation of survival has been attained.
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(2009). Introduction. In: Surgery in Multimodal Management of Solid Tumors. Updates in Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1085-7_1
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