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Current status and future clinical applications of lymphatic mapping in gastrointestinal cancer

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    Yuko Kitagawa

  2. Surgery and Anatomy, College of Human Medicine and Department of Surgery, Michigan State University, McLaren Regional Medical Center, Flint, MI, USA

    Sukamal Saha

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Kitagawa, Y., Saha, S. Current status and future clinical applications of lymphatic mapping in gastrointestinal cancer. J Gastroenterol 42, 927–931 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-007-2127-8

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