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High-throughput Fluorometric Measurement of Potential Soil Extracellular Enzyme Activities

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¹Département médico-chirurgical de pathologie digestive, hôpital Lariboisière, 2 rue Ambroise-Paré, 75010 Paris. Faculté Paris Diderot, Paris-7.

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|July 17, 2012

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Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy shows promise in assessing early gastric cancers and mapping lymphatic drainage in gastrointestinal surgery. However, its reliability for colon cancer staging and the prognostic value of detected micrometastases require further investigation.

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Surgical Oncology
Gastroenterology
Cancer Research

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