The Role of the Plastic Surgeon in Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy of Internal Mammary Nodes

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Hellman, Justin B (Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago) ;
Nigam, Manas (Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago) ;
Park, Julie E (Department of Surgery, Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Chicago)

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