Cancer Treatment Reviews
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 1-7 , February 2010

Giant cell tumor of the extremity: A review of 349 cases from a single institution

  • Costantino Errani

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Oncology Department, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, via Pupilli n1, 40136 Bologna, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 051 6366222; fax: +39 051 331710.
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  • Pietro Ruggieri

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Oncology Department, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, via Pupilli n1, 40136 Bologna, Italy
    • Tel.: +39 051 6366460; fax: +39 051 331710.
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  • Marco Antonio Nogales Asenzio

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Cirugia Ortopedica y Traumatología, Hospital Universitario Infanta Cristina, Badajoz, Spain
    • Tel.: +39 051 6366222; fax: +39 051 331710.
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  • Angelo Toscano

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Oncology Department, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, via Pupilli n1, 40136 Bologna, Italy
    • Tel.: +39 051 6366222; fax: +39 051 331710.
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  • Simone Colangeli

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Oncology Department, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, via Pupilli n1, 40136 Bologna, Italy
    • Tel.: +39 051 6366222; fax: +39 051 331710.
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  • Eugenio Rimondi

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Oncology Department, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, via Pupilli n1, 40136 Bologna, Italy
    • Tel.: +39 051 6366376; fax: +39 051 6366280.
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  • Giuseppe Rossi

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Oncology Department, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, via Pupilli n1, 40136 Bologna, Italy
    • Tel.: +39 051 6366028; fax: +39 051 6366280.
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  • Alessandra Longhi

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Oncology Department, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, via Pupilli n1, 40136 Bologna, Italy
    • Tel.: +39 051 6366374; fax: +39 051 6366277.
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  • Mario Mercuri

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Oncology Department, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, via Pupilli n1, 40136 Bologna, Italy
    • Tel.: +39 051 6366222; fax: +39 051 331710.

Received 22 May 2009 ,Revised 18 September 2009 ,Accepted 25 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2009.09.002

Cancer Treatment Reviews
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