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Contemporary Analysis of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Performance Among Patients with Clinically Localized Merkel Cell Carcinoma

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  1. Richard J. Straker III and Cimarron E. Sharon have contributed equally to this study as first authors.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Richard J. Straker III MD, Cimarron E. Sharon MD, Douglas L. Fraker MD, Giorgos C. Karakousis MD & John T. Miura MD

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    Richard J. Straker III MD

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Substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data: Straker, Sharon, Fraker, Karakousis, Miura Drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content: Straker, Sharon, Fraker, Karakousis, Miura. Final approval of the version to be published: Straker, Sharon, Fraker, Karakousis, Miura. All authors have reviewed and approved the submitted manuscript, and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work submitted.

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Presented as a virtual poster at the 2022 Society of Surgical Oncology virtual meeting week, 28 February 28 to 3 March 2022.

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Straker, R.J., Sharon, C.E., Fraker, D.L. et al. Contemporary Analysis of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Performance Among Patients with Clinically Localized Merkel Cell Carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol 29, 7261–7264 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-022-12174-z

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