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01-11-2009 | Letter to the Editor

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

Authors: Tjeerd S. Aukema, Marieke E. Straver, Renato A. Valdés Olmos, Wouter V. Vogel

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 11/2009

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Title: A different role for FDG PET/CT in axillary lymph node staging in breast cancer
Authors: Tjeerd S. Aukema
Marieke E. Straver
Renato A. Valdés Olmos
Wouter V. Vogel
Publication date: 01-11-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 11/2009
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-009-1211-0

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