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In the early 1950s in the United States the radical surgery for cancer was in full swing. Aggressive surgeons like A. Brunschwig, G.T. Pack, T. Miller, and others were trying to conquer the disease by extensive excision of the tumors. New operations — total pelvic exenteration, hemicorporectomy, hemipelvectomy, liver resections, etc. — were introduced. The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City was the front-runner of this type of surgery.
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Boyan, C.P. (1985). Massive Blood Transfusions — Warming of Bank Blood. In: Rupreht, J., van Lieburg, M.J., Lee, J.A., Erdmann, W. (eds) Anaesthesia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69636-7_21
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