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Fine-needle biopsy as a diagnostic technique for metastatic melanoma

Rajmohan Murali Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia +61 2 9515 7011; +61 2 9515 8405; [email protected]; Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Melanoma and Skin Cancer Research Institute, Sydney Melanoma Unit, Sydney Cancer Centre, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia; University of Sydney, Discipline of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
, MBBS FRCPA (Staff Specialist, Clinical Senior Lecturer, Cancer Institute New South Wales Clinical Research Fellow) ,
John F Thompson Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Melanoma and Skin Cancer Research Institute, Sydney Melanoma Unit, Sydney Cancer Centre, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia; University of Sydney, Discipline of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
, MBBS MD FRACS FACS (Director, Professor of Surgery (Melanoma and Surgical Oncology)) &
Richard A Scolyer Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia +61 2 9515 7011; +61 2 9515 8405; [email protected]; Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Melanoma and Skin Cancer Research Institute, Sydney Melanoma Unit, Sydney Cancer Centre, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia; University of Sydney, Discipline of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
, BMedSci MBBS MD FRCPA FRCPath (Senior Staff Specialist, Clinical Professor)
Pages 1-10 | Published online: 07 Jan 2008

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