Staging and prognosis of cutaneous melanoma

PV Dickson, JE Gershenwald - Surgical Oncology Clinics, 2011 - surgonc.theclinics.com
Formal staging of cancer is fundamental in providing clinicians and patients with prognostic
information, developing treatment strategies, and directing and analyzing clinical trials.
Staging of cutaneous melanoma continues to evolve through identification and rigorous
analysis of potential prognostic factors. The first multivariate analyses of prognostic factors
for melanoma were published more than 3 decades ago, and several well-designed reports
have subsequently advanced our understanding of important prognostic indicators for this …