Malignant Melanoma

Table 2

2002 AJCC Staging system for CM.

Stage AJCC	Clinical staging			Pathologic staging
0	Tis	N0	M0	pTis	N0	M0
IA	T1a	N0	M0	pT1a	N0	M0
IB	T1b	N0	M0	pT1b	N0	M0
	T2a	N0	M0	pT2a	N0	M0
IIA	T2b	N0	M0	pT2b	N0	M0
	T3a	N0	M0	pT3a	N0	M0
IIB	T3b	N0	M0	pT3b	N0	M0
	T4a	N0	M0	pT4a	N0	M0
IIC	T4b	N0	M0	pT4b	N0	M0
IIIA	Any T	N1-3	M0	pT1-4a	N1a	M0
				pT1-4a	N2a	M0
				pT1-4b	N1a	M0
				pT1-4b	N2a	M0
IIIB	Any T	N1-3	M0	pT1-4a	N1b	M0
				pT1-4a	N2b	M0
				pT1-4a/b	N2c	M0
				pT1-4b	N1b	M0
IIIC	Any T	N1-3	M0	pT1-4b	N2b	M0
IV	Any T	Any N	M1	Any T	Any N	M1