Staging for Melanoma - Toward a New Paradigm?

Affiliations

¹ Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
² Melanoma Institutes Australia, The University of Sydney Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and New South Wales Health Pathology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Editorial

David E Elder et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2020.

. 2020 Sep 1;112(9):873-874.

doi: 10.1093/jnci/djaa009.

¹ Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
² Melanoma Institutes Australia, The University of Sydney Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and New South Wales Health Pathology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Melanoma Prognosis: Accuracy of the American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging Manual Eighth Edition.
Bajaj S, Donnelly D, Call M, Johannet P, Moran U, Polsky D, Shapiro R, Berman R, Pavlick A, Weber J, Zhong J, Osman I. Bajaj S, et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2020 Sep 1;112(9):921-928. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djaa008. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2020. PMID: 31977051 Free PMC article.

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