Melanoma staging: Evidence‐based changes in the American Joint Committee on Cancer eighth edition cancer staging manual

Gershenwald, Jeffrey E.; Scolyer, Richard A.; Hess, Kenneth R.; Sondak, Vernon K.; Long, Georgina V.; Ross, Merrick I.; Lazar, Alexander J.; Faries, Mark B.; Kirkwood, John M.; McArthur, Grant A.; Haydu, Lauren E.; Eggermont, Alexander M.M.; Flaherty, Keith T.; Balch, Charles M.; Thompson, John F.

doi:10.3322/caac.21409

articleCA A Cancer Journal for CliniciansOct 13, 2017DIAMOND OA

Melanoma staging: Evidence‐based changes in the American Joint Committee on Cancer eighth edition cancer staging manual

JEJeffrey E. Gershenwald RARichard A. Scolyer KRKenneth R. Hess VKVernon K. Sondak GVGeorgina V. Long

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Answer questions and earn CME/CNE To update the melanoma staging system of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) a large database was assembled comprising >46,000 patients from 10 centers worldwide with stages I, II, and III melanoma diagnosed since 1998. Based on analyses of this new database, the existing seventh edition AJCC stage IV database, and contemporary clinical trial data, the AJCC Melanoma Expert Panel introduced several important changes to the Tumor, Nodes, Metastasis (TNM) classification and stage grouping criteria. Key changes in the eighth edition AJCC Cancer Staging Manual include: 1) tumor thickness measurements to be recorded to the nearest 0.1 mm, not 0.01 mm; 2) definitions of T1a…

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Medicine
Melanoma
Cancer staging
Cancer
Stage (stratigraphy)
AJCC staging system
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Metastasis

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