TY  - JOUR
T1  - WHat the surgeon should have said to my patient with thin malignant melanoma
AU  - Benjamin MF, Froom P
Y1  - 2012/06/25
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1246
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 906
EP  - 906
VL  - 172
IS  - 12
N2  - 
A 46-year-old man incidentally discovered a pigmented lesion near the medial edge of his right scapula. There were no palpable lymph nodes. The biopsy revealed a malignant melanoma with favorable prognostic indicators: 0.5 mm deep, with focal infiltration of the papillary dermis; less than 1 mitosis per mm2; no ulceration; and areas with reactive lymphocytic and plasma cell infiltration (99% chance of 10-year survival1). A renowned surgical oncologist recommended wide excision with sentinel lymph node biopsy, saying,

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1246
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1246
ER  -