Extra-axillary sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer

Breast Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-165

  Harlow, Seth ^a,b   Krag, David ^a,b   Weaver, Donald ^a,b   Ashikaga, Takamura ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Extra axillary; Sentinel nodes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001074029     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02966925     Document Type: Article

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