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The greatly extended range of available radiological investigations including thermography, ultrasound, and isotope scanning, etc., has created an increasing problem in planning the correct approach to the investigation of a suspect cancer case. It should be axiomatic in surgical practice that in any investigation, given the same accuracy, the simplest and least invasive methods should be used first.
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Samuel, E. (1977). Diagnostic Aspects. In: Raven, R.W. (eds) Principles of Surgical Oncology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2301-3_15
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