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Laparoscopic sentinel lymph node procedure using a combination of patent blue and radioisotope in women with cervical carcinoma†
Article first published online: 29 MAY 2003
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11423
Copyright © 2003 American Cancer Society
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Barranger, E., Grahek, D., Cortez, A., Talbot, J. N., Uzan, S. and Darai, E. (2003), Laparoscopic sentinel lymph node procedure using a combination of patent blue and radioisotope in women with cervical carcinoma. Cancer, 97: 3003–3009. doi: 10.1002/cncr.11423
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See editorial on pages 2945–7, this issue.
Publication History
- Issue published online: 29 MAY 2003
- Article first published online: 29 MAY 2003
- Manuscript Accepted: 30 DEC 2002
- Manuscript Revised: 20 DEC 2002
- Manuscript Received: 8 NOV 2002
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