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A controlled experiment on palpation of axillary nodes is described and used to highlight the defects of staging carcinoma of the breast by this method. A plea is made for a more rational method to be employed in this condition.
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Muldoon, C.J., Brady, M.P. Regional lymph nodes in cancer. IJMS 145, 84–85 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02938923
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