Historical perspective of lymphatic tumour spread and the emergence of the sentinel node concept

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 85-89

  Borgstein, Paul ^a   Meijer, Sybren ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENTINEL NODE; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 0031925448     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0748-7983(98)91251-3     Document Type: Note

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