Jeffrey E Gershenwald, Richard A Scolyer, Kenneth R Hess, Vernon K Sondak, Georgina V Long, Merrick I Ross, Alexander J Lazar, Mark B Faries, John M Kirkwood, Grant A McArthur, Lauren E Haydu, Alexander M M Eggermont, Keith T Flaherty, Charles M Balch, John F Thompson
Answer questions and earn CME/CNE To update the melanoma staging system of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) a large database was assembled comprising >46,000 patients from 10 centers worldwide with stages I, II, and III melanoma diagnosed since 1998. Based on analyses of this new database, the existing seventh edition AJCC stage IV database, and contemporary clinical trial data, the AJCC Melanoma Expert Panel introduced several important changes to the Tumor, Nodes, Metastasis (TNM) classification and stage grouping criteria...
November 2017: CA: a Cancer Journal for Clinicians