Erratum: 2-cm versus 4-cm surgical excision margins for primary cutaneous melanoma thicker than 2 mm: a randomised, multicentre trial (The Lancet (2011) 378(9803) (1635–1642) (S0140673611615468) (10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61546-8));2-cm versus 4-cm surgical excision margins for primary cutaneous melanoma thicker than 2 mm: A randomised, multicentre trial

The Lancet

Volumn 378, Issue 9803, 2011, Pages 1635-1642

  Gillgren, Peter ^a,b   Drzewiecki, Krzysztof T ^c   Niin, Marianne ^d   Gullestad, Hans P ^e   Hellborg, Henrik ^f   Mnsson Brahme, Eva ^a   Ingvar, Christian ^g   Ringborg, Ulrik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d North Estonian Regional Hospital   (Estonia)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL EXCISION MARGIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 80555148140     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61702-9     Document Type: Erratum

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