The new melanoma staging system

被引:22
作者
Balch, CM
Sober, AJ
Soong, SJ
Gershenwald, JE
机构
[1] Johns Hopkins Med Inst, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA
[2] Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Boston, MA 02114 USA
[3] Univ Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL USA
关键词
AMERICAN JOINT COMMITTEE; LYMPH-NODE BIOPSY; DESMOPLASTIC NEUROTROPIC MELANOMA; CUTANEOUS MALIGNANT-MELANOMA; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS ANALYSIS; SENTINEL LYMPHADENECTOMY; MULTIFACTORIAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR THICKNESS; REGIONAL NODES; NECK MELANOMA;
D O I
10.1053/sder.2003.50004
中图分类号
R75 [皮肤病学与性病学];
学科分类号
100227 [皮肤病学];
摘要
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. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页数:13
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