1993
DOI: 10.1002/j.1098-2388.1993.tb00004.x
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Prevention and Early Detection of Melanoma: A Surgeon's Perspective

Abstract: Americans are clearly losing the battle against malignant melanoma. In 1930, it was estimated that one in 1,500 people would develop melanoma sometime during their lifetimes, but by the year 2000, one in 75 people in the United States will develop the disease. Although the individual case prognosis is improving, the death rate has doubled in the last 35 years. The rising mortality rate has to be attributed to an escalating incidence that is not offset sufficiently by improved diagnosis and treatment. Malignant… Show more

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