Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
3194838 | Clinics in Dermatology | 2009 | 22 Pages |
Abstract
Significant prognostic information is available in a routine melanoma dermatopathology report. Features that are enumerated in the pathology report and that portend a potentially poorer prognosis are older age, site (acral, head, neck), male sex, increasing Breslow tumor thickness, increasing Clark's level, ulceration, increasing number of mitoses, vertical growth phase, regression, absence of a host inflammatory response, increased tumor vascularity, angiotropism, vascular invasion, neurotropism, marked atypia, and satellite metastasis.
Related Topics
Health Sciences
Medicine and Dentistry
Dermatology
Authors
Michael J. Payette, Marilyn Katz III, Jane M. Grant-Kels,