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Update on the melanoma staging system: The importance of sentinel node staging and primary tumor mitotic rate†

  1. Charles M. Balch MD1,*,
  2. Jeffrey E. Gershenwald MD2,‡,
  3. Seng-jaw Soong PhD3,§,
  4. John F. Thompson MD4,¶

Article first published online: 19 AUG 2011

DOI: 10.1002/jso.21876

Issue

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Special Issue: Seminars in Surgical Oncology: Melanoma

Volume 104, Issue 4, pages 379–385, September 2011

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How to Cite

Balch, C. M., Gershenwald, J. E., Soong, S.-j. and Thompson, J. F. (2011), Update on the melanoma staging system: The importance of sentinel node staging and primary tumor mitotic rate. J. Surg. Oncol., 104: 379–385. doi: 10.1002/jso.21876

Author Information

  1. 1

    Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland

  2. 2

    The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

  3. 3

    Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

  4. 4

    Melanoma Institute of Australia, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

  1. ‡

    Professor of Surgery.

  2. §

    Professor Emeritus.

  3. Professor of Melanoma and Surgical Oncology.

*Professor of Surgery, Oncology and Dermatology, 1550 Orleans, Cancer Research Building II, Room 507, Baltimore, MD 21231, Fax: 410-502-1958.

  1. †

    The members of the AJCC Melanoma Committee that developed the new staging guidelines: Charles M. Balch, MD (Chair), Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD; Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, MD (Vice-chair), The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Seng-Jaw Soong, MD (Vice-chair), University of Alabama at Birmingham; Michael B. Atkins, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; David R. Byrd, MD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Antonio C. Buzaid, MD, Hospital Sirio-Libanes, San Paulo, Brazil; Natale Cascinelli, MD, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, WHO Melanoma Program, San Pio X Hospital, Milan, Italy; Alistair J. Cochran, MD, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; Daniel G. Coit, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Alexander M. M. Eggermont, MD, Erasmus University MC—Director, Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; UICC representative David P. Frishberg, MD, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (CAP representative); Keith T. Flaherty, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA; Phyllis A. Gimotty, PHD, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Allan C. Halpern, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Alan N. Houghton, Jr., MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Marcella M. Johnson, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; John M. Kirkwood, MD, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; Kelly M. McMasters, MD, PhD, University of Louisville Medical Center, Louisville, KY, Sunbelt Melanoma Trial Group; Martin F. Mihm, Jr., Dana Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Donald L. Morton, MD, John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, CA; Merrick I. Ross, MD, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Arthur J. Sober, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA; Vernon K. Sondak, MD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL; Kristen Stephens, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY; John F. Thompson, MD, Melanoma Institute Australia and the University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

  2. ‡

    Professor of Surgery.

  3. §

    Professor Emeritus.

  4. Professor of Melanoma and Surgical Oncology.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 17 AUG 2011
  2. Article first published online: 19 AUG 2011
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 3 JAN 2011
  4. Manuscript Received: 13 DEC 2010

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