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Final Version of 2009 AJCC Melanoma Staging and Classification
Revised 2009 AJCC Melanoma Staging and Classification
CM Balch, JE Gershenwald, S-j Soong, JF Thompson, MB Atkins, DR Byrd, AC Buzaid, AJ Cochran, DG Coit, S Ding, AM Eggermont, KT Flaherty, PA Gimotty, JM Kirkwood, KM McMasters, MC Mihm Jr, DL Morton, MI Ross, AJ Sober, VK Sondak
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2009 Nov 16
J Clin Oncol
Final Version of 2009 AJCC Melanoma Staging and Classification
J Clin Oncol. 2009 Nov 16; Epub ahead of print, CM Balch, JE Gershenwald, S-j Soong, JF Thompson, MB Atkins, DR Byrd, AC Buzaid, AJ Cochran, DG Coit, S Ding, AM Eggermont, KT Flaherty, PA Gimotty, JM Kirkwood, KM McMasters, MC Mihm Jr, DL Morton, MI Ross, AJ Sober, VK Sondak
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OncologySTAT Editorial Team
Revisions to the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) TNM staging criteria for melanoma have been completed, based on recommendations resulting from analysis of the largest-ever amassed data set of patients with this disease. The updated criteria, which will be issued in the seventh edition (2009) of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual in early 2010, were based on evidence from 30,946 patients with stage I through III melanoma and 7972 patients with stage IV melanoma. Following is a synopsis of the...
