Thin Stage I Primary Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma
- 5 May 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 318 (18) , 1159-1162
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198805053181804
Abstract
Although wide surgical excision is the accepted treatment for thin malignant melanomas, there is reason to believe that narrower margins may be adequate. We conducted a randomized prospective study to assess the efficacy of narrow excision (excision with 1-cm margins) for primary melanomas no thicker than 2 mm. Narrow excision was performed in 305 patients, and wide excision (margins of 3 cm or more) was performed in 307 patients.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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