Breslow's depth

Breslow's depth

In medicine, Breslow's depth was used as a prognostic factor in melanoma of the skin. It is a description of how deeply tumor cells have invaded. Currently, the standard Breslow's depth has been replaced by the AJCC depth, in the AJCC staging system of melanoma. Originally, Breslow's depth was divided into 5 stages.[1]

  1. ^ Breslow, Alexander (1970). "Thickness, Cross-Sectional Areas and Depth of Invasion in the Prognosis of Cutaneous Melanoma". Annals of Surgery. 172 (5): 902–8. doi:10.1097/00000658-197011000-00017. PMC 1397358. PMID 5477666.