Sentinel node biopsy for early-stage melanoma: accuracy and morbidity in MSLT-1, an international multicenter trial

Comment

Patrick Twomey. Ann Surg. 2007 Jan.

. 2007 Jan;245(1):156-7.

doi: 10.1097/01.sla.0000250942.84678.8b.

No abstract available

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Authors' response to a letter to the editor re: Sentinel node biopsy for early-stage melanoma.
Morton DL, Cochran AJ, Thompson JF. Morton DL, et al. Ann Surg. 2007 May;245(5):828-9. doi: 10.1097/01.sla.0000261157.79250.16. Ann Surg. 2007. PMID: 17457182 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Sentinel node biopsy for early-stage melanoma: accuracy and morbidity in MSLT-I, an international multicenter trial.
Morton DL, Cochran AJ, Thompson JF, Elashoff R, Essner R, Glass EC, Mozzillo N, Nieweg OE, Roses DF, Hoekstra HJ, Karakousis CP, Reintgen DS, Coventry BJ, Wang HJ; Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial Group. Morton DL, et al. Ann Surg. 2005 Sep;242(3):302-11; discussion 311-3. doi: 10.1097/01.sla.0000181092.50141.fa. Ann Surg. 2005. PMID: 16135917 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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