title: Some of the 2009 American Joint Committee on Cancer melanoma staging and classification is not evidence based.
authors.forename: J Meirion
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Dirk C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Hayes
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008545:Melanoma / Q000145:classification* / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011379:Prognosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000145:classification* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D014481:United States