Difference between revisions of "Malignant melanoma"
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*Complete regression without metastases estimated to be 10-20%.<ref name=pmid11459861/> | *Complete regression without metastases estimated to be 10-20%.<ref name=pmid11459861/> | ||
*Common ~25% of cases.<ref name=pmid11459861>{{Cite journal | last1 = Printz | first1 = C. | title = Spontaneous regression of melanoma may offer insight into cancer immunology. | journal = J Natl Cancer Inst | volume = 93 | issue = 14 | pages = 1047-8 | month = Jul | year = 2001 | doi = | PMID = 11459861 | URL = http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/93/14/1047.full }}</ref> | **Common ~25% of cases.<ref name=pmid11459861>{{Cite journal | last1 = Printz | first1 = C. | title = Spontaneous regression of melanoma may offer insight into cancer immunology. | journal = J Natl Cancer Inst | volume = 93 | issue = 14 | pages = 1047-8 | month = Jul | year = 2001 | doi = | PMID = 11459861 | URL = http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/93/14/1047.full }}</ref> | ||
* | *Complete regression and partial regression >75% of the lesion are a poor prognostic feature.<ref name=pmid16446717>{{Cite journal | last1 = Crowson | first1 = AN. | last2 = Magro | first2 = CM. | last3 = Mihm | first3 = MC. | title = Prognosticators of melanoma, the melanoma report, and the sentinel lymph node. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 19 Suppl 2 | issue = | pages = S71-87 | month = Feb | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.3800517 | PMID = 16446717 }}</ref> | ||
=====Microscopic===== | =====Microscopic===== |