Primary staging and follow-up in melanoma patients--monocenter evaluation of methods, costs and patient survival.

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Published in Br J Cancer on July 15, 2002

Authors

U Hofmann1, M Szedlak, W Rittgen, E G Jung, D Schadendorf

Author Affiliations

1: Skin Cancer Unit (German Cancer Research Centre), University Hospital Mannheim, Theodor Kutzer Ufer 1, Mannheim 68167, Germany.

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