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Identifying the “sentinel lymph nodes” for arm drainage as a strategy for minimizing the lymphedema risk after breast cancer therapy

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    Thomas A. Buchholz & Tse-Kuan Yu

  2. Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

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Buchholz, T.A., Avritscher, R. & Yu, TK. Identifying the “sentinel lymph nodes” for arm drainage as a strategy for minimizing the lymphedema risk after breast cancer therapy. Breast Cancer Res Treat 116, 539–541 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-009-0324-2

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