The role of sentinel lymph node analysis in patients with colorectal cancer undergoing surgery
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1Bogdan Micu, 1,2Carmen Micu, 3Alexandra Gherman, 3Mădălina Sava, 1Tudor R. Pop 1Nicolae Constantea 1 Vth Surgical Departament, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Muncipal Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; 2 Department of Anatomy and Embryology, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; 3 “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; 4 IInd Surgical Departament, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Emergency County Clinic Hospital, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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