Post-operative arm morbidity and quality of life. Results of the ALMANAC randomised trial comparing sentinel node biopsy with standard axillary treatment in the management of patients with early breast cancer.

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Published in Breast Cancer Res Treat on September 15, 2005

Authors

Anne Fleissig1, Lesley J Fallowfield, Carolyn I Langridge, Leigh Johnson, Robert G Newcombe, J Michael Dixon, Mark Kissin, Robert E Mansel

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1: Cancer Research UK Psychosocial Oncology Group, Brighton & Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK.

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