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Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1999;125:115-116.

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Myers has presented an unbiased discussion of intermediate thickness (1-4 mm) melanomas and the values of ELND. The majority of the references are recent, from 1995 to 1998, the period in which this topic has come to the forefront in head and neck surgery. This attention reflects the changes in the treatment of malignant melanoma during those years, especially in (1) examining pathologic specimens with the criteria of Breslow thickness and Clark level, (2) decreasing the margins of resection, and, now, (3) using neck dissection in all levels higher than level I or depths greater than 1 mm in patients whose clinical results and computed tomographic scans are negative for malignant melanoma.

Figure appears in full text version. Ronald C. Hamaker, MD

My experience in treating more than 200 melanomas and a review of 601 CMMHNs while working as a fellow of John Conley, MD, at Pack Medical Group, New York, NY, has given me a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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