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Open AccessInternational trends in primary liver cancer incidence from 1973 to 2007
Primary liver cancer (PLC) is a common cancer worldwide, especially in develo** countries. Several previous studies using different datasets have summarized PLC incidence rates and trends in different popula...
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Open AccessPresence of intratumoral platelets is associated with tumor vessel structure and metastasis
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