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Perspectives and Prospects

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Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research ((RECENTCANCER,volume 73))

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The aspects of thyroid cancer covered in this volume need to be put into perspective within the context of clinical oncology and cancer as a whole.

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  1. Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School and Hammersmith Hospital, London, W12 OHS, GB

    K. E. Halnan

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  1. Department of Radiotherapy, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, EH4 2XU, Edinburgh, GB

    William Duncan

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Halnan, K.E. (1980). Perspectives and Prospects. In: Duncan, W. (eds) Thyroid Cancer. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 73. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81325-2_13

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