Technical issues and pathologic implications of sentinel lymph node biopsy in early-stage breast cancer patients
✍ Scribed by Giuseppe Canavese; Marco Gipponi; Alessandra Catturich; Carlo Vecchio; Daniela Tomei; Guido Nicolò; Franca Carli; Bruno Spina; Luigina Bonelli; Giuseppe Villa; Ferdinando Buffoni; Pietro Bianchi; Antonio Agnese; Giuliano Mariani
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 74 KB
- Volume
- 77
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
- DOI
- 10.1002/jso.1074
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