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Oncology

Non-radical primary diagnostic biopsies affect survival in cutaneous head and neck melanoma

Lennart Greiffa Department of ORL, Head and Neck Surgery, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden;b Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7004-1989View further author information
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Ingela Skogvall-Svenssonb Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden;c Department of Pathology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, SwedenView further author information
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Ana Carneirob Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden;d Department of Oncology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, SwedenView further author information
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Anna Hafströma Department of ORL, Head and Neck Surgery, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden;b Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 309-319 | Received 20 Sep 2020, Accepted 09 Nov 2020, Published online: 13 Feb 2021

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