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Chondrosarcomas (CHS)

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Definition: Malignant cartilaginous-matrix producing tumors.

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  1. Orthopedic Oncology Department, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Davide Maria Donati

  2. Orthopedic Oncology Department, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

    Giuseppe Bianchi

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  1. I.S.G. Italian Sarcoma Group, Bologna, Italy

    Piero Picci

  2. IIIrd Clinic of Orthopaedic Oncology, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

    Marco Manfrini

  3. Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

    Davide Maria Donati

  4. Department of Pathology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

    Marco Gambarotti

  5. Department of Pathology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

    Alberto Righi

  6. Istituto Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

    Daniel Vanel

  7. Department of Medicine, University of Padua School of Medicine, Padua, Italy

    Angelo Paolo Dei Tos

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Donati, D.M., Bianchi, G. (2020). Chondrosarcomas (CHS). In: Picci, P., et al. Diagnosis of Musculoskeletal Tumors and Tumor-like Conditions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29676-6_34

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