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staging
guidelines
educational.material
melanoma.photos
No person is a statistic. Looking at statistics only gives us a history of what has happened in the past. Yet sometimes, using staging and statistical data can help us make better treatment decisions.
Melanoma
Melanoma - A malignant neoplasm derived from cells that are capable of forming melanin, which may occur in the skin of any part of the body, in the eye, or, rarely, in the mucous membranes of the genitalia, anus, oral cavity, or other sites.
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staging
- ACS: How is Melanoma Skin Cancer Staged?"
- AJCC 2002 Revised Melanoma Staging
- An Evidence-based Staging System for Cutaneous Melanoma
- ASCO - A population-based validation of the AJCC melanoma staging system.
guidelines
educational.material
- Chart for Mapping Moles (pdf)
- Educational Materials
- Melanoma Fact File (pdf)
- Melanoma Fact Sheet
- Sydney Melanoma Diagnostic Centre
- Video: How cancer spreads - MayoClinic.com