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Actual False-Negative Rate Prompts the Routine Use of Ultrasound Scan Before and After Sentinel Node Biopsy in Melanoma

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  1. Department of Oncological and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy

    Carlo Riccardo Rossi MD, Sandro Pasquali MD & Simone Mocellin MD, PhD

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Rossi, C.R., Pasquali, S. & Mocellin, S. Actual False-Negative Rate Prompts the Routine Use of Ultrasound Scan Before and After Sentinel Node Biopsy in Melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol 15, 2976–2977 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-008-9999-6

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