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ASO Author Reflections: Diagnosis of Melanoma Using Shave Biopsy has Minimal Impact on Tumor Staging and Treatment and Does Not Influence Patient Outcomes

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Omid Ahmadi BSc, MBChB, PGDipSurgAnat, PhD

  2. Auckland Regional Plastic, Reconstructive & Hand Surgery Unit, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

    Jon A. Mathy MD, FACS, FRACS

  3. Department of Surgery, University of Auckland School of Medicine, Auckland, New Zealand

    Jon A. Mathy MD, FACS, FRACS

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Ahmadi, O., Mathy, J.A. ASO Author Reflections: Diagnosis of Melanoma Using Shave Biopsy has Minimal Impact on Tumor Staging and Treatment and Does Not Influence Patient Outcomes. Ann Surg Oncol 28, 6177–6178 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-021-09935-7

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