title: Malignant melanoma prognostic factors 5: clinical staging.
abstract: Regional lymph node enlargement, as determined by palpation, is a useful prognostic factor--even if these nodes are histologically free of metastases. This is true not only for malignant melanoma but also for mycosis fungoides and carcinoma of the vulva.
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010173:Palpation; D011379:Prognosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*