Abstract
Cutaneous malignant melanoma is the most aggressively malignant of all skin tumors, although it is a relatively uncommon neoplasm. In the United States, an estimated 13,600 new cases of malignant melanoma were diagnosed in 1980, about 4.5% of the 300,000 total cases of skin cancer [1]. Malignant melanoma causes about 1% of all cancer deaths [2].
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Apisarnthanarax, P., Smith, E.B. (1983). Clinical Manifestations of Primary Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma. In: Costanzi, J.J. (eds) Malignant Melanoma 1. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 9. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3900-7_2
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