Prognostic significance of micrometastasis and isolated tumor cells in the sentinel lymph node
β Scribed by Junko Ozao-Choy; Armando E. Giuliano
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 125 KB
- Volume
- 127
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6806
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