Early recognition of cutaneous melanoma

A. J. Sober, T. B. Fitzpatrick, M. C. Mihm, T. G. Wise, B. J. Pearson, W. H. Clark and A. W. Kopf

Criteria for the early recognition of malignant melanoma include appreciation of variegation in color and irregularity of lesion border and pigment pattern. Application of these criteria should result in the diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma in its premetastatic surgically curable phase.

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