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. 1961 May;153(5):697–704. doi: 10.1097/00000658-196105000-00008

Tumor Cell Contamination of the Surgical Wound: Experimental and Clinical Observations*

Colin G Thomas Jr
PMCID: PMC1613987  PMID: 17859662

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