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Mucosal malignant melanoma - a clinical, oncological, pathological and genetic survey.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Jun 2016
Mikkelsen Lauge H, Larsen Ann-Cathrine, von Buchwald Christian, Drzewiecki Krzysztof T, Prause Jan U, Heegaard Steffen
Abstract excerpt
Mucosal melanomas constitute 1.3% of all melanomas and they may develop in any mucosal membrane. Conjunctival melanomas (0.5/million/year) and melanomas in the sinonasal cavity (0.5/million/year) are the most common, followed by anorectal melanomas (0.4/million/year) and melanomas in the oral cavity (0.2/million/year). Anorectal melanoma occurs slightly more often in females, whereas oral melanoma has a male...
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