Is there a benefit to sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with T4 melanoma?
β Scribed by Csaba Gajdos; Kent A. Griffith; Sandra L. Wong; Timothy M. Johnson; Alfred E. Chang; Vincent M. Cimmino; Lori Lowe; Carol R. Bradford; Riley S. Rees; Michael S. Sabel
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 192 KB
- Volume
- 115
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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