@article{8d69426879a04e4fbe050942cbd4a83d,
title = "2-cm versus 4-cm surgical excision margins for primary cutaneous melanoma thicker than 2 mm: a randomised, multicentre trial",
abstract = "Optimum surgical resection margins for patients with clinical stage IIA-C cutaneous melanoma thicker than 2 mm are controversial. The aim of the study was to test whether survival was different for a wide local excision margin of 2 cm compared with a 4-cm excision margin.",
keywords = "Age Factors, Aged, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Male, Melanoma, Middle Aged, Multivariate Analysis, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, Prognosis, Sex Factors, Skin Neoplasms, Surgical Flaps",
author = "Peter Gillgren and Drzewiecki, {Krzysztof T} and Marianne Niin and Gullestad, {Hans P} and Henrik Hellborg and Eva M{\aa}nsson-Brahme and Christian Ingvar and Ulrik Ringborg",
note = "Copyright {\^A}{\textcopyright} 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61546-8",
language = "English",
volume = "378",
pages = "1635--42",
journal = "Lancet",
issn = "0140-6736",
publisher = "The/Lancet Publishing Group",
number = "9803",
}