This had a marked effect on the size of the treated tumour, and also seemed to encourage tumour regression in other parts of the body.

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The regression results for Europe, using the same approach as outlined earlier, show a consistently negative effect of social transfers on growth, even though the coefficients vary in size and significance (table A7.4).

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