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COPYRIGHT 2005 International Medical News Group
SAN DIEGO -- Over the next 15 years, 5-year survivors of melanoma have a 91.5% chance of having achieved cure, Duane C. Whitaker, M.D., reported at a melanoma update sponsored by the Scripps Clinic.
"Stated another way, all comers with an invasive melanoma--regardless of stage--who reach 5-year survival have a 91%-92% odds of surviving another 15 years," said Dr. Whitaker, professor of surgical dermatology at the University of Iowa, Iowa City. "So we can say that in 2005, 5-year survival is nearly equivalent to...
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