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Clinical relevance of serial sectioning of sentinel nodes and the detection of micrometastatic nodal disease in breast cancer

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  1. H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 Magnolia Dr., Suite 2190, 33612-9497, Tampa, FL

    Charles E. Cox MD (Professor of Surgery and the Director of the Comprehensive Breast Cancer Program)

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Cox, C.E. Clinical relevance of serial sectioning of sentinel nodes and the detection of micrometastatic nodal disease in breast cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology 5, 297–298 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02303490

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