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A Motion for Cautious Optimism in the Treatment of Patients With Ocular Melanoma: The Ayes Have It

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  1. Surgical Metabolism Section, Surgery Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, 10 Center Drive, Building 10, 4W-5940, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892

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Alexander, H.R. A Motion for Cautious Optimism in the Treatment of Patients With Ocular Melanoma: The Ayes Have It. Ann Surg Oncol 12, 417–419 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1245/ASO.2005.03.905

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