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The Promise of Metastasectomy in Melanoma

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Supported by grant CA76489 from the National Cancer Institute and by funding from the Nancy and Carroll O’Connor Foundation (Los Angeles, CA) and the Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation (Oakland, CA).

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  1. Division of Surgical Oncology, John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John’s Health Center, 2200 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, California, 90404

    Mark B. Faries MD & Donald L. Morton MD

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Faries, M.B., Morton, D.L. The Promise of Metastasectomy in Melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol 13, 607–609 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1245/ASO.2006.01.901

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