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ARTHUR C. ALLEN, M.D.; SOPHIE SPITZ, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm Syphilol. 1954;69(2):150-171.

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WE FEEL rather privileged to have been asked to participate in a symposium held by dermatologists. We are general pathologists, but it is abundantly clear that many of the key contributions to the understanding of the histologic nature of pigmented tumors have been made by dermatologists, especially by those great and pioneering dermatologists, Unna and Bloch. However, it must also be evident that the problems of nevi and malignant melanomas transcend party lines, as you obviously agree, and it would be well if this example were followed frequently and bilaterally. Certainly, there is no place for professional chauvinism in the interpretation of scientific data.

This presentation is concerned, first, with a recapitulation of clinicopathological impressions based on data from a recent study of these lesions at the Memorial Cancer Center³ and, secondly, with a fairly detailed ledger and evaluation of the evidence for the major concepts . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Department of Pathology, Memorial Center for Cancer and Allied Diseases.

Footnotes
Read in the Symposium on Pigment and Pigment Tumors before the Bronx Dermatological Society, Dec. 18, 1952.

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