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. 2020 Dec;123(12):1835-1836.
doi: 10.1038/s41416-020-01062-6. Epub 2020 Sep 22.

Reply to 'Comment on "The myth of pulmonary metastasectomy'"

Fergus Macbeth  1 , Dame Lesley Fallowfield  2
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Reply to 'Comment on "The myth of pulmonary metastasectomy'"

Fergus Macbeth et al. Br J Cancer. 2020 Dec.
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  • The myth of pulmonary metastasectomy.
    Macbeth F, Fallowfield L. Macbeth F, et al. Br J Cancer. 2020 Aug;123(4):499-500. doi: 10.1038/s41416-020-0927-2. Epub 2020 Jun 16. Br J Cancer. 2020. PMID: 32541870 Free PMC article.
  • Comment on: the myth of pulmonary metastasectomy.
    Zellweger M, Gonzalez M. Zellweger M, et al. Br J Cancer. 2020 Dec;123(12):1833-1834. doi: 10.1038/s41416-020-01061-7. Epub 2020 Sep 22. Br J Cancer. 2020. PMID: 32958823 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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