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Routine use of FDG-PET scans in melanoma patients with positive sentinel node biopsy

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  1. Department of Surgery, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Omgo Nieweg

  2. Department of Nuclear Surgery, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Renato Valdés Olmos

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Nieweg, O., Valdés Olmos, R. Routine use of FDG-PET scans in melanoma patients with positive sentinel node biopsy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 34, 602 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-006-0329-6

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