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Multicenter Study
. 2008 Mar;15(3):670-3.
doi: 10.1245/s10434-008-9828-y. Epub 2008 Jan 29.

How should we view the results of the Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial-1 (MSLT-1)?

Merrick I Ross  1 , Jeffrey E Gershenwald
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Multicenter Study

How should we view the results of the Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial-1 (MSLT-1)?

Merrick I Ross et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Mar.
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Cumulative incidence of regional node metastasis in the observation group and the biopsy group in MSLT-1. From Morton DL, Cochran AJ, Thompson JF: Authors’ reply to a letter to the editor re: Sentinel-Node Biopsy in Melanoma. N Engl J Med 356:418–9; author reply 419–21, 2007. Copyright © 2007 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.
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