Open AccessAnatomic Site of Primary Melanoma Is Associated With Depth of Invasion
Author(s) -
Yoram Hemo
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
archives of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3644
pISSN - 0004-0010
DOI - 10.1001/archsurg.134.2.148
Subject(s) - medicine , occult , trunk , melanoma , lesion , stage (stratigraphy) , thigh , primary tumor , head and neck , surgery , metastasis , pathology , cancer , ecology , paleontology , alternative medicine , cancer research , biology
The prognosis of melanoma is correlated to the stage of the primary lesion. Tumor site has also been implicated, with locations such as the trunk carrying a worse prognosis than others (such as limbs).