Cancer of the Uterus
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چکیده
Apart from sarcoma of the uterus and chorionepithelioma which are both extreme-v rare, malignant disease of the uterus may be considered under two headings, cancer of the cervix and cancer of the body. In Bristol in 1950 cancer of the uterus accounted for 10 per cent, of female cancer deaths. In comparison breast cancer caused 17.4 per cent, of female cancer deaths.
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