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Use of indocyanine green alone for sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer

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  1. General Surgery Unit, Santarcangelo di Romagna Hospital, Rimini, AUSL Area Vasta Romagna, Rimini, Ospedale Santarcangelo di Romagna, UO Chirurgia Generalevia Pedrignone 7, Santarcangelo di Romagna (RN), Italy

    D. Samorani & T. Fogacci

  2. General Surgery, Ferrara University, Ferrara, Italy

    L. Dellachiesa

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Samorani, D., Fogacci, T. & Dellachiesa, L. Use of indocyanine green alone for sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer. Breast Cancer 22, 442–443 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12282-015-0610-2

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