The new melanoma staging system Journal Article
| Authors: | Balch, C. M.; Sober, A. J.; Soong, S. J.; Gershenwald, J. E.; AJCC Melanoma Staging Committee |
| Contributor: | Coit, D. G. |
| Article Title: | The new melanoma staging system |
| Abstract: | The new melanoma staging system from The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) is described. This major revision includes new criteria for staging the primary tumor (T), metastatic nodes (N) and distant metastases (M) as well as stage groupings. These criteria more accurately reflect those prognostic features of the primary and metastatic melanoma that correlate with survival outcome. Physicians managing melanoma should use this staging system in their clinical practice and in the conduct of melanoma clinical trials. © 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
| Keywords: | cancer survival; clinical feature; histopathology; review; cancer localization; united states; cancer staging; lymph node metastasis; cancer diagnosis; lymphatic metastasis; neoplasm staging; diagnostic accuracy; melanoma; metastasis; skin neoplasms; correlation analysis; cancer size; medical society; neoplasm invasiveness; humans; prognosis; human |
| Journal Title: | Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery |
| Volume: | 22 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| ISSN: | 1085-5629 |
| Publisher: | W.B. Saunders Co-Elsevier Inc. |
| Date Published: | 2003-03-01 |
| Start Page: | 42 |
| End Page: | 54 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1053/sder.2003.50004 |
| PUBMED: | 12773013 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Export Date: 25 September 2014 -- Source: Scopus |
