How does a diagnosis of thin cutaneous malignant melanoma affect survival rates?
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چکیده
Cutaneous malignant melanoma is a type of skin cancer that you can die from. The number patients being diagnosed with the rising in most countries. About 4000 were Sweden 2018. risk dying from cutaneous very much dependent on thickness melanoma, measure given by pathologist after removing melanoma. increases increasing thickness. Most who are will have thin melanomas, i.e. 1 mm or thinner.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Dermatology
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1365-2133', '0007-0963']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.19638