Prediction of tumour involvement in remaining axillary lymph nodes when the sentinel node in a woman with breast cancer contains metastases
✍ Scribed by C. Nos; C. Harding-MacKean; P. Fréneaux; A. Trie; M. C. Falcou; X. Sastre-Garau; K. B. Clough
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 108 KB
- Volume
- 90
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
- DOI
- 10.1002/bjs.4325
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