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Staging is the gold standard for predicting malignant melanoma outcome but changes in its criteria over time indicate ongoing evolution. One notable recent change from the 8th edition of the… Click to show full abstract
Staging is the gold standard for predicting malignant melanoma outcome but changes in its criteria over time indicate ongoing evolution. One notable recent change from the 8th edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging manual was removal of mitotic count. We explore the extent to which this feature is limited by interobserver error in order to find ways to improve its fitness for use should it be revisited in future staging versions.
Keywords:
mitosis specific;
mitotic count;
global mitosis;
malignant melanoma
Journal Title: Histopathology
Year Published: 2019
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Journal Title: Histopathology
Year Published: 2019
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