[Primary cutaneous melanoma: prognostic factors not included in the classification of the American Joint Committee on Cancer]

Actas Dermosifiliogr. 2011 May;102(4):255-63. doi: 10.1016/j.ad.2011.01.001. Epub 2011 Mar 25.
[Article in Spanish]

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.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Inflammation
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Male
  • Medical Oncology
  • Melanoma / classification
  • Melanoma / mortality*
  • Melanoma / pathology
  • Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous
  • Neoplasm Staging / methods
  • Neoplasm Staging / standards
  • Organ Specificity
  • Prognosis
  • Risk Factors
  • Sex Factors
  • Skin Neoplasms / classification
  • Skin Neoplasms / mortality*
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology
  • Societies, Medical
  • United States