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. 2002 Dec;6(4):111–122. doi: 10.1080/1357714021000066359

Surgical Principles for Children/Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Rhabdomyosarcoma: A Report from the Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committee of the Children's Oncology Group

David A Rodeberg 1,✉, Charles N Paidas 1, Thom L Lobe 1, Kenneth Brown 1, Richard J Andrassy 1, William M Crist 1, Eugene S Wiener 1
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