Should all patients with melanoma between 1 and 2 mm Breslow thickness undergo sentinel lymph node biopsy?

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Published in Cancer on March 15, 2010

Authors

Michael P Mays1, Robert C G Martin, Alison Burton, Brooke Ginter, Michael J Edwards, Douglas S Reintgen, Merrick I Ross, Marshall M Urist, Arnold J Stromberg, Kelly M McMasters, Charles R Scoggins

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

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