European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 130-134 , February 2010

Factors affecting false-negative rates on ex vivo sentinel lymph node mapping in colorectal cancer

  • A. Sommariva

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Santi Giovanni e Paolo Hospital, Castello 6777, Venice, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • P.M. Donisi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Santi Giovanni e Paolo Hospital, Castello 6777, Venice, Italy
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  • B. Gnocato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Santi Giovanni e Paolo Hospital, Castello 6777, Venice, Italy
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  • R. Vianello

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Santi Giovanni e Paolo Hospital, Castello 6777, Venice, Italy
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  • V. Stracca Pansa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Santi Giovanni e Paolo Hospital, Castello 6777, Venice, Italy
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  • G. Zaninotto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Santi Giovanni e Paolo Hospital, Castello 6777, Venice, Italy

,Accepted 15 June 2009.

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☆ Oral presentation at the 13th Congress of the European Society of Surgical Oncology, Venice, Italy, 29 November–2 December 2006.

PII: S0748-7983(09)00199-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2009.06.007

European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 130-134 , February 2010

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