Is sentinel lymph node biopsy reliable and indicated after preoperative chemotherapy in patients with breast carcinoma?
✍ Scribed by Anton Haid; Christoph Tausch; Alois Lang; Jörg Lutz; Heinz Fritzsche; William Peschina; Gerhard Breitfellner; Wolfgang Sega; Martin Aufschnaiter; Heinz Sturn; Gerhard Zimmermann
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 66 KB
- Volume
- 92
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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