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Obstetrics and Gynecology International
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 676032, 10 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/676032
Review Article
Controversies in the Management of Endometrial Carcinoma: An Update
Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Box 242, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
Received 31 July 2011; Revised 15 November 2011; Accepted 30 November 2011
Academic Editor: Thomas Herzog
Copyright © 2012 Mohamed K. Mehasseb and John A. Latimer. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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