title: Pathologic reporting and special diagnostic techniques for melanoma.
abstract: Pathologists play a central role in the management of cutaneous melanoma in determining that a tumor is a melanoma, whether or not it is primary or metastatic, and whether or not the margins of excision are tumor free and in evaluating prognostic indicators from examination of the primary tumor and, where appropriate, lymph nodes, including the sentinel nodes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 LeConte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. acochran@mednet.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Alistair J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Cochran
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Starz
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Ohsie
authors.forename: G Peter
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Sarantopoulos
authors.forename: Christian J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Binder
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010338:Pathology, Clinical / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology