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Stage III Cutaneous Melanoma AJCC v7

MedGen UID:
454153
Concept ID:
C2981926
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Stage III Skin Melanoma AJCC v7

Definition

Stage III includes: Any T, N1-3, M0. Stage III is divided into three pathologic subgroups: IIIA, IIIB, and IIIC. There are no clinical subgroups for stage III. N1: Cutaneous melanoma with metastasis in one regional lymph node. N2: Cutaneous melanoma with metastases in 2-3 regional lymph nodes or in transit met(s)/satellite(s) without metastatic nodes. N3: Cutaneous melanoma with 4 or more metastatic nodes, or matted nodes, or in transit met(s)/satellite(s) with metastatic node(s). M0: No detectable evidence of distant metastases. (from AJCC 7th Ed.) [from NCI]

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Slingluff CL, Lewis KD, Andtbacka R, Hyngstrom J, Milhem M, Markovic SN, Bowles T, Hamid O, Hernandez-Aya L, Claveau J, Jang S, Philips P, Holtan SG, Shaheen MF, Curti B, Schmidt W, Butler MO, Paramo J, Lutzky J, Padmanabhan A, Thomas S, Milton D, Pecora A, Sato T, Hsueh E, Badarinath S, Keech J, Kalmadi S, Kumar P, Weber R, Levine E, Berger A, Bar A, Beck JT, Travers JB, Mihalcioiu C, Gastman B, Beitsch P, Rapisuwon S, Glaspy J, McCarron EC, Gupta V, Behl D, Blumenstein B, Peterkin JJ
J Immunother Cancer 2021 Oct;9(10) doi: 10.1136/jitc-2021-003272. PMID: 34599031Free PMC Article

Therapy

Slingluff CL, Lewis KD, Andtbacka R, Hyngstrom J, Milhem M, Markovic SN, Bowles T, Hamid O, Hernandez-Aya L, Claveau J, Jang S, Philips P, Holtan SG, Shaheen MF, Curti B, Schmidt W, Butler MO, Paramo J, Lutzky J, Padmanabhan A, Thomas S, Milton D, Pecora A, Sato T, Hsueh E, Badarinath S, Keech J, Kalmadi S, Kumar P, Weber R, Levine E, Berger A, Bar A, Beck JT, Travers JB, Mihalcioiu C, Gastman B, Beitsch P, Rapisuwon S, Glaspy J, McCarron EC, Gupta V, Behl D, Blumenstein B, Peterkin JJ
J Immunother Cancer 2021 Oct;9(10) doi: 10.1136/jitc-2021-003272. PMID: 34599031Free PMC Article
Afzal MZ, Shirai K
J Immunother 2019 May;42(4):136-141. doi: 10.1097/CJI.0000000000000265. PMID: 30933044

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