Clinical Study
Accuracy of Diagnostic Biopsy for Cutaneous Melanoma: Implications for Surgical Oncologists
Table 3
Frequency of residual melanoma on wide local excision by biopsy technique.
| Residual melanoma on WLE | Present | Absent | P value |
| Biopsy technique | | | | Excisional | 42/187 (23%) | 145/187 (77%) | Reference | Shave | 16/60 (27%) | 44/60 (73%) | 0.5508 | Punch | 47/68 (69%) | 21/68 (31%) | <0.0001 | Incisional | 16/17 (94%) | 1/17 (6%) | <0.0001 |
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WLE: wide local excision.
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