The Breast
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 28-32 , February 2010

Pre-operative lymphoscintigraphy before sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer

Received 28 June 2009 ,Revised 16 September 2009 ,Accepted 6 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2009.10.002

The Breast
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 28-32 , February 2010

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