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Case Report

Successful Electrochemotherapy Treatment of a Large Bleeding Lymph Node Melanoma Metastasis

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Article: MMT61 | Received 18 Nov 2021, Accepted 09 Jun 2022, Published online: 30 Jun 2022

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