caa a22 4500 445798092 CHVBK 20180317145132.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11017-010-9168-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11017-010-9168-3 Clarke Brendan Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT, London, UK aut Causation and melanoma classification [Elektronische Daten] [Brendan Clarke] In this article, I begin by giving a brief history of melanoma causation. I then discuss the current manner in which malignant melanoma is classified. In general, these systems of classification do not take account of the manner of tumour causation. Instead, they are based on phenomenological features of the tumour, such as size, spread, and morphology. I go on to suggest that misclassification of melanoma is a major problem in clinical practice. I therefore outline an alternative means of classifying these tumours based on causal factors. By analogy with similar systems that have recently emerged for other cancers, I suggest that this causal classification is likely to be both workable and helpful, even in the absence of a full causal-mechanistic understanding of the aetiology of the tumour. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2010 Melanoma nationallicence Classification nationallicence Causation nationallicence Mechanism nationallicence Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics Springer Netherlands 32/1(2011-02-01), 19-32 1386-7415 32:1<19 2011 32 11017 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-010-9168-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-010-9168-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Clarke Brendan Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics Springer Netherlands 32/1(2011-02-01), 19-32 1386-7415 32:1<19 2011 32 11017 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer