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. 1962 May;155(5):733–739. doi: 10.1097/00000658-196205000-00012

Prognostic Import of Circulating Cancer Cells after Curative Surgery: A Long Time Follow up Study*

James C Drye, William T Rumage Jr, Dorothy Anderson
PMCID: PMC1466118  PMID: 13887978

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