Assessment of the role of sentinel lymph node biopsy for primary cutaneous desmoplastic melanoma.

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Published in Cancer on February 15, 2006

Authors

Timothy M Pawlik1, Merrick I Ross, Victor G Prieto, Matthew T Ballo, Marcella M Johnson, Paul F Mansfield, Jeffrey E Lee, Janice N Cormier, Jeffrey E Gershenwald

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 77230, USA.

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