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Comparison of Indocyanine Green Fluorescence and Blue Dye Methods in Detection of Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

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  1. Cambridge Breast Clinic at Mediterraneo Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Vassilis Pitsinis MD, PhD, EBSQ, FRCS & Gordon C. Wishart MB ChB MA (Cantab.) MD, FRCS (Gen.)

  2. Postgraduate Medical Institute, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, Essex, UK

    Gordon C. Wishart MB ChB MA (Cantab.) MD, FRCS (Gen.)

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Pitsinis, V., Wishart, G.C. Comparison of Indocyanine Green Fluorescence and Blue Dye Methods in Detection of Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Early-Stage Breast Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 24 (Suppl 3), 581–582 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-017-6186-7

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