title: [Primary cutaneous melanoma: prognostic factors not included in the classification of the American Joint Committee on Cancer].
abstract: Skin histopathology reports of melanoma routinely include important prognostic information used in the staging system of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC). This information, which influences disease management, includes tumor depth, presence of ulceration, number of mitotic figures, and presence or absence of microsatellites. However, numerous studies have found many other factors that are not included in the AJCC classification but that are nevertheless of prognostic significance. We discuss these factors in this paper.
authors: Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Infanta Margarita, Cabra, Córdoba, España. antoniotejera@aedv.es
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Tejera-Vaquerizo
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Solís-García
authors: J J
authors: JJ
authors: Ríos-Martín
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Moreno-Ramírez
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008495:Medical Oncology; D008545:Melanoma / Q000145:classification / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D009928:Organ Specificity; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States