A new American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system for cutaneous melanoma Journal Article
| Authors: | Balch, C. M.; Buzaid, A. C.; Atkins, M. B.; Cascinelli, N.; Coit, D. G.; Fleming, I. D.; Houghton, A.; Kirkwood, J. M.; Mihm, M. F.; Morton, D. L.; Reintgen, D.; Ross, M. I.; Sober, A.; Soong, S. J.; Thompson, J. A.; Thompson, J. F.; Gershenwald, J. E.; McMasters, K. M. |
| Article Title: | A new American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system for cutaneous melanoma |
| Abstract: | The American Joint Committee on Cancer Melanoma Staging Committee proposes major changes to the TNM classification and the stage grouping for cutaneous melanoma. Analyses of prognostic factors by the major cooperative groups and cancer centers worldwide contributed data and clinical experience to the simplified and evidence-based recommendations. |
| Keywords: | treatment outcome; united states; cancer staging; lymph nodes; lymphatic metastasis; neoplasm staging; intraoperative care; lymph node excision; melanoma; metastasis; skin neoplasms; practice guideline; biopsy; neoplasm invasiveness; l-lactate dehydrogenase; clinical trials; skin ulcer; humans; prognosis; priority journal; article |
| Journal Title: | Cancer |
| Volume: | 88 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| ISSN: | 0008-543X |
| Publisher: | Wiley Blackwell |
| Date Published: | 2000-03-15 |
| Start Page: | 1484 |
| End Page: | 1491 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(20000315)88:6<1484::aid-cncr29>3.0.co;2-d |
| PUBMED: | 10717634 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| DOI/URL: | |
| Notes: | Export Date: 18 November 2015 -- Source: Scopus |
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