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Pre-SN Ultrasound-FNAC for Lymph Node Metastases in Melanoma Patients: A Reply

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  1. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Christy Chai MD

  2. University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA

    Margaret Szabunio MD

  3. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA

    Christopher Cook MD, Jonathan Zager MD, Jane Messina MD, Alec Chau MD & Vernon Sondak MD

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Chai, C., Szabunio, M., Cook, C. et al. Pre-SN Ultrasound-FNAC for Lymph Node Metastases in Melanoma Patients: A Reply. Ann Surg Oncol 24 (Suppl 3), 663–664 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-017-6231-6

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