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A different role for FDG PET/CT in axillary lymph node staging in breast cancer

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Tjeerd S. Aukema, Renato A. Valdés Olmos & Wouter V. Vogel

  2. Department of Surgery, The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Marieke E. Straver

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Aukema, T.S., Straver, M.E., Valdés Olmos, R.A. et al. A different role for FDG PET/CT in axillary lymph node staging in breast cancer. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 36, 1896–1897 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-009-1211-0

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