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Skin Sample with Melanoma
Skin Sample with Melanoma. Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center - Cancer Resource Room. Boston, MA

  • This drawing shows examples of normal skin and a melanoma
  • Normal skin (a) is made up of layers, like the epidermis and dermis
  • Melanoma can be measured by two systems called Breslow Depth and Clark’s Levels
  • Breslow Depth (b) describes the top-to-bottom measurement of the melanoma in millimeters
  • Clark’s Levels (c) describe how far the melanoma has gone into the layers of the skin

Source: Maxwell V. Blum Cancer Resource Room
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA