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A Phase III, Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial Investigating 1-cm Versus 2-cm Surgical Excision Margins for Stage II Primary Cutaneous Melanoma (MelMarT-II)

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  1. Surgical Oncology Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 4-3740, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

    Alexander J. Rossi MD, Emily A. Verbus MD & Jonathan M. Hernandez MD

  2. John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, CA, USA

    Mark B. Faries MD

  3. Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, Norwich, UK

    Marc Moncrieff MD

  4. Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Michael Henderson MD

  5. Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Michael C. Lowe MD

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Rossi, A.J., Verbus, E.A., Faries, M.B. et al. A Phase III, Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial Investigating 1-cm Versus 2-cm Surgical Excision Margins for Stage II Primary Cutaneous Melanoma (MelMarT-II). Ann Surg Oncol 29, 4050–4051 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-022-11766-z

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