Further axillary metastases associated with isolated tumor cells in sentinel lymph nodes of breast cancer patients

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Gabor Cserni. Ann Surg. 2006 Feb.

. 2006 Feb;243(2):287; author reply 287.

doi: 10.1097/01.sla.0000198344.85427.9d.

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Predicting the risk for additional axillary metastases in patients with breast carcinoma and positive sentinel lymph node biopsy.
Viale G, Maiorano E, Pruneri G, Mastropasqua MG, Valentini S, Galimberti V, Zurrida S, Maisonneuve P, Paganelli G, Mazzarol G. Viale G, et al. Ann Surg. 2005 Feb;241(2):319-25. doi: 10.1097/01.sla.0000150255.30665.52. Ann Surg. 2005. PMID: 15650643 Free PMC article.

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