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Multifaceted role of lymphatic mapping by SPECT/CT hybrid imaging in the multimodality management of patients with cancer

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  1. Radiation Medicine Centre (BARC), Tata Memorial Hospital Annexe, Parel, Bombay, 400012, India

    Sandip Basu

  2. Division of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Abass Alavi

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Basu, S., Alavi, A. Multifaceted role of lymphatic mapping by SPECT/CT hybrid imaging in the multimodality management of patients with cancer. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 36, 1017–1018 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-009-1130-0

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