Can a seed-sized tool from Texas spare clinically node positive breast cancer patients from a complete axillary dissection?

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David M Fedor et al. Gland Surg. 2016 Aug.

. 2016 Aug;5(4):450-2.

doi: 10.21037/gs.2016.07.02.

¹ Departments of Surgery and Research, Gundersen Health System and Gundersen Medical Foundation, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA.

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