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SURGICAL TREATMENT AND SURVIVAL FROM CUTANEOUS MALIGNANT MELANOMA
Author(s) -
Heenan Peter J.,
Weeramanthri Tarun,
Holman C. D'Arcy J.,
Armstrong Bruce K.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1985.tb00078.x
Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , surgical excision , dermatology , surgery , cancer research
Varied methods of primary surgical treatment of 189 cases of cutaneous malignant melanoma studied in Western Australia had no statistically significant effect on prognosis. The results indicate that wide excision is not justified as the standard treatment of cutaneous malignant melanoma.