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

  1. Timothy M. Pawlik M.D., M.P.H.1,
  2. Merrick I. Ross M.D.1,
  3. Victor G. Prieto M.D., Ph.D.2,
  4. Matthew T. Ballo M.D.3,
  5. Marcella M. Johnson M.S.4,
  6. Paul F. Mansfield M.D.1,
  7. Jeffrey E. Lee M.D.1,
  8. Janice N. Cormier M.D., M.P.H.1,
  9. Jeffrey E. Gershenwald M.D.1,‡,*

Article first published online: 12 JAN 2006

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21635

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 106, Issue 4, pages 900–906, 15 February 2006

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Pawlik, T. M., Ross, M. I., Prieto, V. G., Ballo, M. T., Johnson, M. M., Mansfield, P. F., Lee, J. E., Cormier, J. N. and Gershenwald, J. E. (2006), Assessment of the role of sentinel lymph node biopsy for primary cutaneous desmoplastic melanoma. Cancer, 106: 900–906. doi: 10.1002/cncr.21635

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  1. 1

    Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

  2. 2

    Department of Pathology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

  3. 3

    Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

  4. 4

    Department of Biostatistics and Applied Mathematics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

  1. ‡

    Fax: (713) 745-4926

*Department of Surgical Oncology, Unit 444, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, P.O. Box 301402, Houston, TX 77230-1402

  1. †

    The contents of this article are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 3 FEB 2006
  2. Article first published online: 12 JAN 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 29 AUG 2005
  4. Manuscript Revised: 18 AUG 2005
  5. Manuscript Received: 9 MAY 2005

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  • The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Physician-Scientists Program
  • UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Melanoma. Grant Number: P50 CA93459

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