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Impact of Ulceration in Stages I to III Cutaneous Melanoma As Staged by the American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging System: An Analysis of the German Central Malignant Melanoma Registry
2004
Journal of Clinical Oncology
A B S T R A C T Purpose In 2001, the new American Joint Committee on Cancer classification of cutaneous melanoma (CM) introduced ulceration of the primary melanoma as a new key parameter being represented in respective subcategories of the tumor (T) classification. The present study was performed to validate the prognostic significance of ulceration in relation to T thickness and clinical stages of CM (stages I to III). Patients and Methods Patients (N ϭ 15,158) with incident invasive primary
doi:10.1200/jco.2004.03.075
pmid:15514379
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