New TNM melanoma staging system: linking biology and natural history to clinical outcomes.

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Published in Semin Surg Oncol on January 01, 2003

Authors

Charles M Balch1, Antonio C Buzaid, Seng-Jaw Soong, Michael B Atkins, Natale Cascinelli, Daniel G Coit, Irvin D Fleming, Jeffrey E Gershenwald, Alan Houghton, John M Kirkwood, Kelly M McMasters, Martin F Mihm, Donald L Morton, Douglas S Reintgen, Merrick I Ross, Arthur Sober, John A Thompson, John F Thompson

Author Affiliations

1: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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