Swedish melanoma study shows 2-cm margin safe.(Clinical Rounds)

Publication: Skin & Allergy News

Publication Date: 01-DEC-05

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VANCOUVER, B.C. -- A2-cm margin is adequate for melanomas with a Breslow depth greater than 2 mm, according to preliminary results from a trial presented by Ulrik Ringborg, M.D., at the Sixth World Congress on Melanoma.

"The findings suggest that the traditional wide excision margins can be replaced by...

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