The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 186, Issue 4 , Pages 330-332 , October 2003

Success of sentinel lymph node mapping after breast cancer ablation with focused microwave phased array thermotherapy

Presented at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, Atlanta, Georgia, April 30–May 4, 2003

  • Hernan I Vargas, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Surgical Oncology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1000 W. Carson St., Torrance, CA 90509, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +1-310782-1562.
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  • W.C Dooley

      Affiliations

    • University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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  • R.A Gardner

      Affiliations

    • Columbia Hospital, West Palm Beach, FL, USA
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  • K.D Gonzalez

      Affiliations

    • Division of Surgical Oncology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1000 W. Carson St., Torrance, CA 90509, USA
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  • S.H Heywang-Köbrunner

      Affiliations

    • Martin Luther Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
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  • A.J Fenn

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, MA, USA

Received 3 June 2003 ,Revised 21 June 2003

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PII: S0002-9610(03)00267-8

doi: 10.1016/S0002-9610(03)00267-8

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 186, Issue 4 , Pages 330-332 , October 2003

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