Predicting five‐year outcome for patients with cutaneous melanoma in a population‐based study

In numerous studies tumor thickness has been shown to be the most important prognostic factor for patients with localized cutaneous melanoma. However, to our knowledge there are no population‐based studies analyzing the prognosis of patients living in the United States with cutaneous melanoma.

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