Sentinel lymph node biopsy as an alternative to routine axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer patients
β Scribed by Blake Cady
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 59 KB
- Volume
- 77
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
- DOI
- 10.1002/jso.1086
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