Identification of high-risk patients among those diagnosed with thin cutaneous melanomas.

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Published in J Clin Oncol on March 20, 2007

Authors

Phyllis A Gimotty1, David E Elder, Douglas L Fraker, Jeffrey Botbyl, Kimberly Sellers, Rosalie Elenitsas, Michael E Ming, Lynn Schuchter, Francis R Spitz, Brian J Czerniecki, DuPont Guerry

Author Affiliations

1: The Melanoma Program of the Abramson Cancer Center, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. pgimotty@cceb.med.upenn.edu

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