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In Reply: In Favor of Axillary Lymph Node Dissection: Need for a Pragmatic View

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  1. Research & Development Department, Lincoln County Hospital, Lincoln, LN2 5QY, UK

    Srila Samphao MD, FRCST & Oleg Eremin MBChB, MD, FRACS, FRCSEd, FRCST (Hon), FMedSci, DSc (Hon)

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Samphao, S., Eremin, O. In Reply: In Favor of Axillary Lymph Node Dissection: Need for a Pragmatic View. Ann Surg Oncol 16, 1066–1067 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-008-0311-6

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