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Patients with malignant tumors of the endocrine system can be effectively treated by surgery, the 5 year survival rate varying between 30–90 per cent, depending on organ involvement. In the Federal Republic of Germany, 1 out every 5 persons dies as a result of malignancy. Less than 1 per cent of the total annual rate of such deaths relates to malignancies originating in the endocrine glands.
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Dedicated to Prof. Wilhelm Doerr, Chairman of Pathology, Heidelberg University. He is a great friend of medical Community in Japan.
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Linder, F., Schnidt-Gayk, H. & Feurle, G.E. Malignancies of the endocrine glands. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 13, 459–469 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02469488
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