The contoured staged marginal and central surgical excision technique with en face histopathological analysis: Useful additions in the armamentarium for treating and diagnosing melanoma in situ

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2654-2655

  Messina, Jane ^a,b   Möller, Mecker G ^a,b   Sondak, Vernon K ^a,b   Frank Glass, L ^a,b   Wayne Cruse, C ^a,b  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA;

CARCINOMA IN SITU; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 68949208428     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0600-8     Document Type: Letter

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