Management of metastatic melanoma.

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Published in Semin Oncol on December 01, 2007

Authors

Hussein A Tawbi1, John M Kirkwood

Author Affiliations

1: Melanoma and Skin Cancer Program, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

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