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¹ Department of Dermatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, room Ee-1691, P.O.Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Dermatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Pathology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, room Ee-1691, P.O.Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. gpuppels@riverd.com.
⁵ RiverD International B.V., Rotterdam, The Netherlands. gpuppels@riverd.com.

Comment

Inês P Santos et al. Br J Cancer. 2019 Apr.

. 2019 Apr;120(8):865-866.

doi: 10.1038/s41416-019-0431-8. Epub 2019 Mar 22.

¹ Department of Dermatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, room Ee-1691, P.O.Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Dermatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Pathology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, room Ee-1691, P.O.Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. gpuppels@riverd.com.
⁵ RiverD International B.V., Rotterdam, The Netherlands. gpuppels@riverd.com.

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The authors declare no competing interests.

Improving clinical diagnosis of early-stage cutaneous melanoma based on Raman spectroscopy.
P Santos I, van Doorn R, Caspers PJ, Bakker Schut TC, Barroso EM, Nijsten TEC, Noordhoek Hegt V, Koljenović S, Puppels GJ. P Santos I, et al. Br J Cancer. 2018 Nov;119(11):1339-1346. doi: 10.1038/s41416-018-0257-9. Epub 2018 Nov 9. Br J Cancer. 2018. PMID: 30410059 Free PMC article.
Comment on "Improving clinical diagnosis of early-stage cutaneous melanoma based on Raman spectroscopy".
De Giorgi V, Scarfì F, Gori A, Topa A, Trane L, Portelli F, Covarelli P. De Giorgi V, et al. Br J Cancer. 2019 Apr;120(8):864. doi: 10.1038/s41416-019-0430-9. Epub 2019 Mar 22. Br J Cancer. 2019. PMID: 30899087 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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