Prognostic implications of biopsy with tumor transection for patients with high-risk primary melanoma

Affiliations

• ¹ Population Health Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia; School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Electronic address: lena.vonschuckmann@uqconnect.edu.au.
• ² Experimental Dermatology Group, The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia; Department of Dermatology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
• ³ Population Health Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
• ⁴ School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
• ⁵ Queensland Melanoma Project, Princess Alexandra Hospital, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
• ⁶ Population Health Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia; Cancer Research UK Manchester and Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.