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Assessment of the role of sentinel lymph node biopsy for primary cutaneous desmoplastic melanoma†
Article first published online: 12 JAN 2006
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21635
Copyright © 2006 American Cancer Society
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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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Publication History
- Issue published online: 3 FEB 2006
- Article first published online: 12 JAN 2006
- Manuscript Accepted: 29 AUG 2005
- Manuscript Revised: 18 AUG 2005
- Manuscript Received: 9 MAY 2005
Funded by
- 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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