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The prognosis of patients with thick primary melanomas: Is regional lymph node status relevant, and does removing positive regional nodes influence outcome?

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    John F. Thompson MD & Helen M. Shaw PhD

  2. The Sydney Melanoma Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Rd., 2050, NSW, Camperdown, Australia

    John F. Thompson MD & Helen M. Shaw PhD

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Thompson, J.F., Shaw, H.M. The prognosis of patients with thick primary melanomas: Is regional lymph node status relevant, and does removing positive regional nodes influence outcome?. Annals of Surgical Oncology 9, 719–722 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02574492

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