Abstract
Leiomyosarcoma is a malignant tumor originating from smooth muscle cells. In this section the so-called deep soft tissue leiomyosarcoma is considered.
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Mocellin, S. (2021). Leiomyosarcoma. In: Soft Tissue Tumors . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58710-9_148
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