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  1. Division of General Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Carolyn Nessim MD, MSc & Alyson B. Crawford MD, MSc

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Carolyn Nessim and Alyson B. Crawford have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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ASO Author Reflections is a brief invited commentary on the article “Wait Times for Melanoma Surgery: Is There an Association with Overall Survival?,” Ann Surg Oncol. 2018;25:265–70.

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Nessim, C., Crawford, A.B. ASO Author Reflections: Wait Times for Melanoma Surgery. Ann Surg Oncol 26 (Suppl 3), 527–528 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-018-7022-4

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