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Review
. 2012 May;132(5):1332-7.
doi: 10.1038/jid.2012.3. Epub 2012 Feb 16.

Survival is not the only valuable end point in melanoma screening

Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski  1 , Caroline C Kim, Susan M Swetter, Suephy C Chen, Allan C Halpern, John M Kirkwood, Sancy A Leachman, Ashfaq A Marghoob, Michael E Ming, James M Grichnik; Melanoma Prevention Working Group—Pigmented Skin Lesion Sub-Committee
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Survival is not the only valuable end point in melanoma screening

Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski et al. J Invest Dermatol. 2012 May.
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