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Editorial
. 2021 Sep 30;11(10):1813.
doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11101813.

Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy in Oncological Surgery

Patra Charalampaki  1 , Irini Kakaletri  2
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Editorial

Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy in Oncological Surgery

Patra Charalampaki et al. Diagnostics (Basel). .

Abstract

The therapy of choice in the treatment of abnormalities in the human body, is to attempt a personalized diagnosis and with minimal invasiveness, ideally resulting in total resection (surgery) or turning off (intervention) of the pathology with preservation of normal functional tissue, followed by additional treatments, e [...].

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