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. 2023 Mar 21;329(11):948.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.24888.

What Is Melanoma?

Jennifer Y Wang¹, Erica B Wang¹, Susan M Swetter¹

Affiliations

PMID: 36867424
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2022.24888

What Is Melanoma?

Jennifer Y Wang et al. JAMA. 2023.

. 2023 Mar 21;329(11):948.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.24888.

Authors

Jennifer Y Wang¹, Erica B Wang¹, Susan M Swetter¹

Affiliation

¹ Pigmented Lesion and Melanoma Program, Department of Dermatology, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

PMID: 36867424
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2022.24888

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This JAMA Patient Page describes melanoma, its risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.

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