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Strategies for enhancing melanoma detection in clinical practice and improving patient outcomes

Elżbieta Wójtowicz
1
,
Aleksandra Kulbat
2, 3
,
Joanna Zalasińska
1
,
Wojciech M. Wysocki
2, 3, 4

  1. Skin Cancer Unit, 5th Military Clinical Hospital in Cracow, Cracow, Poland
  2. Department of Oncological Surgery, 5th Military Clinical Hospital in Cracow, Cracow, Poland
  3. The Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
  4. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Cracow University, Cracow, Poland
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2024; 26(3): 415–421
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2024.142019
Online publish date: 2024/09/30
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