Melanoma Staging: Evidence-Based Changes in the American Joint Committee on Cancer Eighth Edition Cancer Staging Manual

Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, MD,1,† Richard A. Scolyer, MD,2,3,† Kenneth R. Hess, PhD,4,† Vernon K. Sondak, MD,5 Georgina V. Long, MBBS, PhD,6 Merrick I. Ross, MD,7 Alexander J. Lazar, MD, PhD,8 Mark B. Faries, MD,9 John M. Kirkwood, MD,10 Grant A. McArthur, MD, BS, PhD,11 Lauren E. Haydu, PhD,12 Alexander M. M. Eggermont, MD, PhD,13 Keith T. Flaherty, MD,14 Charles M. Balch, MD,15 and John F. Thompson, MD16, for members of the American Joint Committee on Cancer Melanoma Expert Panel and the International Melanoma Database and Discovery Platform