Sunday, January 8, 2012

Breslow thickness


  • A. Breslow (1928-80), U.S.pathologist
  • The distance (in millimetres) between the surface and the deepest extent of a malignant melanoma.
  •  The measurement correlates with prognosis; tumours that are less than 0.76 mm thick have a good prognosis.

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