Staging of melanoma: a critique of the most recent (2002) system proposed by the American Joint Committee on Cancer: part II.
The most recent effort in 2002 by the American Joint Committee on Cancer for staging melanoma is not a job more effective than the first endeavor of that Committee in 1962; conjecture, speculation, and supposition reign.
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Jiachun X
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Ackerman Academy of Dermatopathology, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Ackerman
A Bernard
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D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods*; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000592:standards; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*