Thin melanoma: still "excellent prognosis" disease?

Editorial

A C Halpern et al. J Clin Oncol. 2004.

. 2004 Sep 15;22(18):3651-3.

doi: 10.1200/JCO.2004.06.921. Epub 2004 Aug 9.

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Comment on

Prognostic factors of thin cutaneous melanoma: an analysis of the central malignant melanoma registry of the german dermatological society.
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Thin primary cutaneous malignant melanoma: a prognostic tree for 10-year metastasis is more accurate than American Joint Committee on Cancer staging.
Gimotty PA, Guerry D, Ming ME, Elenitsas R, Xu X, Czerniecki B, Spitz F, Schuchter L, Elder D. Gimotty PA, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2004 Sep 15;22(18):3668-76. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2004.12.015. Epub 2004 Aug 9. J Clin Oncol. 2004. PMID: 15302909