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Sentinel node biopsy to avoid axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer

✍ Scribed by Kazuyoshi Motomura; Yoshifumi Komoike; Sachiko Nagumo; Tsutomu Kasugai; Yoshihisa Hasegawa; Hideo Inaji; Shinzaburo Noguchi; Hiroki Koyama

Publisher
Springer Japan
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
742 KB
Volume
9
Category
Article
ISSN
1340-6868

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