The information in the melanoma information centre is based on the Cancerbackup booklet, Understanding malignant melanoma.

The references for the booklet are:

• Prognostic factor analysis of 17600 melanoma patients: validation of the American Joint Committee on Cancer melanoma staging system. CM Balch et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2001; 19: 3622-3634

• Melanoma. Cancer Information section of US National Cancer Institute web site: www.nci.nih.gov

• The Oxford Textbook of Oncology. Eds:Robert Souhami, Ian Tannock, Peter Hohenberger, & Jean-Claude Horiot. Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2001