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Implications of Transaxillary Breast Augmentation: Lifetime Probability for the Development of Breast Cancer and Sentinel Node Mapping Interference

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    Ruth M. Graf M.D., Ph.D., Lady Wilson Canan Jr. M.D., Giovana Gianini Romano M.D., André Ricardo Dall’Oglio Tolazzi M.D. & Gilvani Azor de Oliveira e Cruz M.D., Ph.D.

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Graf, R.M., Canan, L.W., Romano, G.G. et al. Implications of Transaxillary Breast Augmentation: Lifetime Probability for the Development of Breast Cancer and Sentinel Node Mapping Interference. Aesth Plast Surg 31, 322–324 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-006-0204-7

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