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In 1907, W. Sampson Handley (1) presented a lecture before the Royal College of Surgeons of England entitled ‘the pathology of melanotic growths in relation to their operative treatment’. Based upon one post-mortum examination of a patient who had died from melanoma, he recommended excision of the primary melanoma with a margin of ‘about two inches’. Handley’s view of the wide-excision was published in the Lancet and was excepted all over the world.
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Welvaart, K., Van Kampen, D.J.A., Hermans, J., Felthuis, W., Van Den Heuvel, J., De Jong, P.L. (1984). Incidence of Recurrence and Survival in Clinical Stage I Patients With Melanoma After Local Excision . In: Ruiter, D.J., Welvaart, K., Ferrone, S. (eds) Cutaneous Melanoma and Precursor Lesions. Developments in Oncology, vol 25. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6057-2_11
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