Cochran Alistair J, Starz Hans, Ohsie Steven J, Sarantopoulos G Peter, Haas Christian J, Binder Scott
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 LeConte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2006 Apr;15(2):231-51. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2005.12.011.
Pathologists play a central role in the management of cutaneous melanoma in determining that a tumor is a melanoma, whether or not it is primary or metastatic, and whether or not the margins of excision are tumor free and in evaluating prognostic indicators from examination of the primary tumor and, where appropriate, lymph nodes, including the sentinel nodes.
病理学家在皮肤黑色素瘤的管理中发挥着核心作用，他们要确定肿瘤是否为黑色素瘤，是原发性还是转移性的，切除边缘是否无肿瘤，并通过检查原发性肿瘤以及在适当情况下检查淋巴结（包括前哨淋巴结）来评估预后指标。
