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Editorial
. 2008 Apr 26;336(7650):902-3.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39519.646424.BE.

Sentinel lymph node biopsy in malignant melanoma

J Meirion Thomas
Editorial

Sentinel lymph node biopsy in malignant melanoma

J Meirion Thomas. BMJ. .

Abstract

Is unnecessary as clinically important micrometastases can be identified by ultrasound

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Competing interests: None declared.

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