A new American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system for cutaneous melanoma.

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Published in Cancer on March 15, 2000

Authors

C M Balch1, A C Buzaid, M B Atkins, N Cascinelli, D G Coit, I D Fleming, A Houghton, J M Kirkwood, M F Mihm, D L Morton, D Reintgen, M I Ross, A Sober, S J Soong, J A Thompson, J F Thompson, J E Gershenwald, K M McMasters

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1: American Society of Clinical Oncology, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.

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