Comparative efficacy of positron emission tomography and ultrasonography in preoperative evaluation of axillary lymph node metastases in breast cancer
β Scribed by Masatoshi Ohta; Yutaka Tokuda; Yuki Saitoh; Yasuhiro Suzuki; Akira Okumura; Mitsuhiro Kubota; Hiroyasu Makuuchi; Tomoo Tajima; Seiei Yasuda; Akira Shohtsu
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 739 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1340-6868
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