Cutaneous melanoma: descriptive epidemiological study

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Cutaneous melanoma represents around 3% of all skin tumors. About 20% of such patients will have advanced disease and will die before reaching five years of survival. The aim of this paper was to describe the clinical and histopathological variables and their correlations. DES...

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Main Author: Ferrari Júnior,Nelson Marcos (author)
Other Authors: Muller,Helena (author), Ribeiro,Manoel (author), Maia,Marcus (author), Sanches Júnior,José Antonio (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2008
Subjects:
Melanoma
Epidemiology
Sex distribution
Limbs
Survival rate
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802008000100008
Country:Brazil
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