"Small" melanomas: relation of prognostic variables to diameter of primary superficial spreading melanomas.
Kopf AW, Rodríguez-Sains RS, Rigel DS, Friedman RJ, Bart RS, Grier WR, Mintzis MM, Postel AH.
Kopf AW, et al.
J Dermatol Surg Oncol. 1982 Sep;8(9):765-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1982.tb02679.x.
J Dermatol Surg Oncol. 1982.
PMID: 7130508
In a consecutive series of 648 superficial spreading melanomas a significantly better 5-year disease-free survival rate was observed for patients whose primary tumors were 14 mm or less in diameter when compared with those 15 mm or larger in diameter. ...
In a consecutive series of 648 superficial spreading melanomas a significantly better 5-year disease-free survival rate was observed …