Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 316-322 , Winter 2009

Sentinel Node Mapping in Lung Cancer: The Japanese Experience

  • Hiroaki Nomori, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Hiroaki Nomori, MD, Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keio University, School of Medicine, Shinanomachi 35, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan

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PII: S1043-0679(09)00142-7

doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2009.11.006

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 316-322 , Winter 2009

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