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Reader Question:
Use Location for Dx, Recurrent for Procedure, in This Pelvic Mass Scenario

Published on Wed Dec 06, 2017

Question: Our surgeon performed an open procedure to "debulk" a tumor by excising a 6.7 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm pelvic mass attached not only [...]

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