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Achieving the Lowest False-Negative Rate in Peritumoral Breast Lymphatic Mapping: The Oncologic Search for the Holy Grail

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  1. Hartford Hospital and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Connecticut

    Kenneth A. Kern MD, FACS, FSSO

  2. Hartford Hospital and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 85 Seymour St., Suite 1011, Hartford, CT, 06106

    Kenneth A. Kern MD, FACS, FSSO

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Kern, K.A. Achieving the Lowest False-Negative Rate in Peritumoral Breast Lymphatic Mapping: The Oncologic Search for the Holy Grail. Ann Surg Oncol 10, 486–487 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1245/ASO.2003.04.006

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