European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 34, Issue 6 , Pages 615-619 , June 2008

Isotope labelling and axillary node harvesting strategies for breast cancer

  • P. Bourgeois

      Affiliations

    • Service of Nuclear Medicine, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 121, Bd de Waterloo, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +32 02 541 3276; fax: +32 02 541 3224.
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  • J.M. Nogaret

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 121, Bd de Waterloo, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
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  • I. Veys

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 121, Bd de Waterloo, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
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  • D. Hertens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 121, Bd de Waterloo, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
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  • D. Noterman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 121, Bd de Waterloo, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
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  • J.C. Schobbens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 121, Bd de Waterloo, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
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  • M. Paesmans

      Affiliations

    • Data Centre, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 121, Bd de Waterloo, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
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  • D. Larsimont

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 121, Bd de Waterloo, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium

,Accepted 30 March 2007.

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PII: S0748-7983(07)00209-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2007.03.028

European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 34, Issue 6 , Pages 615-619 , June 2008

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