## Abstract The internal mammary lymph node chain has been studied in patients with breast cancer by radioiosotope imaging. The technique enabled the study of lymph node function in an area inaccessible to clinical examination or lymphography. Thirty-four patients with breast cancer have been stud
Clinical experience and results of excision of the internal mammary lymph node chain in primary operable breast cancer
β Scribed by Jerome A. Urban
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1959
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 646 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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