European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 35, Issue 11 , Pages 1152-1157 , November 2009

Ultrasound and fine needle aspiration cytology of the axilla in the pre-operative identification of axillary nodal involvement in breast cancer

,Accepted 20 March 2009.

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☆ Presented at the 30th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, December 2007.

PII: S0748-7983(09)00113-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2009.03.008

European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 35, Issue 11 , Pages 1152-1157 , November 2009

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