## Abstract Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in gastrointestinalβ(GI)βtract cancer is not yet of clinical relevance. Nevertheless, the results in the upper GIβtract promise to be helpful to individualize the indication for surgical therapy. SLNB in colon cancer still fails to show high validity to
A cadaveric study of auricular lymphatics and implications for sentinel lymph node biopsy
β Scribed by R.R. Clark; J. Shaw-Dunn; D.S. Soutar
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 186 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0897-3806
- DOI
- 10.1002/ca.21015
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