Sentinel lymph node biopsy results in less postoperative morbidity compared with axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer
Authors:
- William E BurakWBWilliam E Burak
- Scott T HollenbeckSHScott T Hollenbeck
- Emmanuel E ZervosEZEmmanuel E Zervos
- Karen L HockKHKaren L Hock
- Lisa C KempLKLisa C Kemp
- Donn C YoungDYDonn C Young
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 183 (1) , 23-27
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