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Is it Time for Synoptic Reporting in Melanoma Nodal Surveillance Ultrasonography?

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Acknowledgment

Grant support was provided to KBM by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under grant T32 HS013852; to AMH by the American College of Surgeons Clowes Award and the Department of Defense through the Melanoma Academy Scholar Program; and to KKB from the American College of Surgeons, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the National Institutes of Health on grant KL2 TR003097.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Kelsey B. Montgomery MD, Ashley M. Holder MD & Kristy K. Broman MD, MPH

  2. Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Ashley M. Holder MD

  3. Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Constantine M. Burgan MD & Samuel J. Galgano MD

  4. Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Kristy K. Broman MD, MPH

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Montgomery, K.B., Holder, A.M., Burgan, C.M. et al. Is it Time for Synoptic Reporting in Melanoma Nodal Surveillance Ultrasonography?. Ann Surg Oncol 30, 5327–5328 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-023-13749-0

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