Higher survival reported for thin melanomas. (Rate Underestimated).(Brief Article)
Publication: Skin & Allergy News
Publication Date: 01-JUL-03
Author: Zoler, Mitchel L.
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SEVILLE, SPAIN -- The survival rate of patients with stage 1 melanoma may have been underestimated in the 2001 staging guidelines of the American Joint Committee on Cancer.
Those guidelines estimated a 10-year survival rate of 87.9% for patients with tumors that are 1 mm thick or less, but...
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