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Gabrielle Goldman-Lévy1, Raymond Barnhill2, Boris C Bastian3
1International Agency for Research on Cancer/World Health Organization (IARC/WHO), Evidence Synthesis and Classification Branch, Lyon, France.
Abstract:
The 5th edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Tumours (WCT) serves as a foundation for global diagnostic standards in tumour pathology. Similar to other volumes in this series, the Skin Tumours (Skin5) edition follows a standardized approach. This edition introduces two new chapters: 'Tumours of the nail unit' and 'Metastases to skin', along with new entities across relevant chapters. This review article provides an overview of the updates in Skin5 based on currently published evidence, with emphasis on newly introduced chapters and newly described entities that involve the skin, in particular, epidermal, melanocytic and appendageal tumours.
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