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malignant melanoma(medicine)
cancer, malignant melanoma(medicine)
malignant melanoma in situ(medicine)
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malignant lentigo melanoma(medicine)
desmoplastic malignant melanoma(medicine)
malignant melanoma- gallium imaging(medicine)
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TNM staging(medicine)

malignant melanoma- staging (medicine)


malignant melanoma: staging
<radiology> Clark staging: level I: all tumour cells above basement membrane (in situ), level II: tumour extends to papillary dermis, level III: tumour extends to interface between papillary and reticular dermis, level IV: tumour extends between bundles of collagen of reticular dermis, level V: tumour invasion of sucutaneous tissue (87% metastases) Breslow staging: thin: less than 0.75 mm depth of invasion, intermediate: 0.76 - 3.99 mm depth of invasion, thick: greater than 4 mm depth of invasion see: malignant melanoma