The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 124, Issue 3 , Pages 486-492 , September 2002

Use of technetium-99m tin colloid for sentinel lymph node identification in non–small cell lung cancer

Received 7 November 2001 ,Revised 28 February 2002 ,Accepted 6 March 2002.

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☆ Address for reprints: Hiroaki Nomori, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Saiseikai Central Hospital, 1-4-17 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073, Japan (E-mail: hnomori@qk9.so-net.ne.jp).

PII: S0022-5223(02)00110-1

doi: 10.1067/mtc.2002.124496

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 124, Issue 3 , Pages 486-492 , September 2002

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