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*[[Malignant melanoma]]. | *[[Malignant melanoma]]. | ||
*Other poorly differentiated neoplasms | *Other poorly differentiated neoplasms | ||
===Grading=== | |||
*NSCC-NOS is grade 4, as per the CAP protocol. | |||
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*In a large series of patients, there is no statistical difference in survival been grade 3 and grade 4.<ref name=pmid16678584>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sun | first1 = Z. | last2 = Aubry | first2 = MC. | last3 = Deschamps | first3 = C. | last4 = Marks | first4 = RS. | last5 = Okuno | first5 = SH. | last6 = Williams | first6 = BA. | last7 = Sugimura | first7 = H. | last8 = Pankratz | first8 = VS. | last9 = Yang | first9 = P. | title = Histologic grade is an independent prognostic factor for survival in non-small cell lung cancer: an analysis of 5018 hospital- and 712 population-based cases. | journal = J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg | volume = 131 | issue = 5 | pages = 1014-20 | month = May | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.12.057 | PMID = 16678584 }}</ref> | |||
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