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Surgical Management of Chest Wall Sarcomas

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The chest wall is composed of the bony skeleton of the thorax along with associated cartilaginous elements. The functions of the chest wall are broadly to protect the underlying vital structures and to provide a scaffold for the muscles of the thorax which are ultimately responsible for adequate ventilation.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Naveed Z. Alam

  2. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Naveed Z. Alam

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  1. St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and University of Melbourne Department of Surgery, Victoria, VIC, Australia

    Peter F. M. Choong

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Alam, N.Z. (2021). Surgical Management of Chest Wall Sarcomas. In: Choong, P.F.M. (eds) Sarcoma . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9414-4_17

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