The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging of cutaneous melanoma is a continuously evolving system. The identification of increasingly more accurate prognostic factors has led to major changes in melanoma staging over the years, and the current system described in this review will likely be modified in the near future. Likewise, application of new imaging techniques has also changed ...

background: differentiation between the muscularis mucosae (mm) and muscularispropria (mp) of the bladder remains challenging. objective: to identify mm- and mp-specific antigens that could be of potential value for staging of urothelialcarcinomain a pilot study. method: the expression of 12 protein antigens in 11 human bladder specimens was examined. there were 5 post radical cystectomy specim...

Objective-This study aimed to investigate the effect of topical administration of lint bells oil (LBOC) on wound contraction as well as healing process. Design- Experimental study. Animals- in order to follow-up current study, 60 Male Swiss albino mice were used. Procedures- Animals were randomly divided into 5 groups (NO=12) including; vehicle-recived negative control, pure oil-received and ...