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Anorectal melanoma

The role of posterior pelvic exenteration

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  1. Division of Surgery, Section of Surgical Oncology, Boston University Medical Center, 105 Kingsdale Avenue, 08003, Boston, Massachusetts

    Arnold M. Baskies M.D. & Peter J. Deckers M.D.

  2. Division of Surgery, Miami Cancer Institute, Miami, Florida

    Everett V. Sugarbaker M.D.

  3. Division of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland

    Paul B. Chretien M.D.

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  1. Arnold M. Baskies M.D.
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Read at the meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 7 to 11, 1981.

Dr. Baskies is a Clinical Fellow of the American Cancer Society and the recipient of the 8th American College of Surgeons Resident Scholarship.

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Baskies, A.M., Sugarbaker, E.V., Chretien, P.B. et al. Anorectal melanoma. Dis Colon Rectum 25, 772–777 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02553309

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