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ASO Author Reflections: Abandoning the Drains by Eliminating the Radical Procedures Necessitating the Drains

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Funding was received for this work from the Swiss Cancer League, the Swiss Secretariat for Education, Research, and Innovation (SERI), and Takeda Pharmaceuticals International AG.

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  1. Breast Center, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    Walter Paul Weber MD

  2. SAKK, Bern, Switzerland

    Walter Paul Weber MD

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ASO Author Reflections offer a brief invited commentary on the article, "Impact of a Surgical Sealing Patch on Lymphatic Drainage After Axillary Dissection for Breast Cancer: The SAKK 23/13 Multicenter Randomized Phase III Trial", Ann Surg Oncol. 2018;25:2632–40.

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Weber, W.P. ASO Author Reflections: Abandoning the Drains by Eliminating the Radical Procedures Necessitating the Drains. Ann Surg Oncol 25 (Suppl 3), 671–672 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-018-6965-9

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