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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · South Asian J Cancer 2016; 05(01): 003-004
DOI: 10.4103/2278-330X.179690
Letter to the Editor

Staging investigations in chondrosarcoma: Is evaluation for skeletal metastases justified? Analysis from an epidemiological study at a tertiary cancer care center and review of literature

Ashish Gulia
Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Ajay Puri
Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Suman Byregowda
Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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