Impact of Biopsy Technique on Clinically Important Outcomes for Cutaneous Melanoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the relationship between the type of biopsy technique employed in the diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma and 4 clinically important outcomes: melanoma-specific mortality, all-cause mortality, Breslow tumor depth, or melanoma recurrence. Our...

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Main Authors: Richard A. Shellenberger, DO, Fatima Fayyaz, MD, Zeyad Sako, MD, Madeline Schaeffer, DO, Karine Tawagi, MD, Caleb Scheidel, MS, Mohammed Nabhan, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542454820300709