A new American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: creation and rationale for inclusion of tumor (T) characteristics.

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Published in J Am Acad Dermatol on January 20, 2011

Authors

Sharifeh Farasat1, Siegrid S Yu, Victor A Neel, Kishwer S Nehal, Thomas Lardaro, Martin C Mihm, David R Byrd, Charles M Balch, Joseph A Califano, Alice Y Chuang, William H Sharfman, Jatin P Shah, Paul Nghiem, Clark C Otley, Anthony P Tufaro, Timothy M Johnson, Arthur J Sober, Nanette J Liégeois

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1: School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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