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Acta Oncologica Volume 57, 2018 - Issue 1: Papers at the occasion of the 40-years anniversary of DBCG – the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group and the 16th Acta Oncologica Symposium, Aarhus, Denmark - January 18-19, 2018
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The accuracy of preoperative staging of the axilla in primary breast cancer: a national register based study on behalf of Danish Breast Cancer Group (DBCG)

Kristine HamranDepartment of Breast Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark; View further author information
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Linnea LanghansDepartment of Breast Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark; View further author information
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Ilse VejborgDepartment of Radiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; View further author information
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Tove Filtenborg TvedskovDepartment of Breast Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-7568-1790View further author information
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Niels KromanDanish Breast Cancer Group, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 162-166 | Published online: 05 Dec 2017

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