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MALIGNANT MELANOMA: SOME ASPECTS OF PATHOLOGY AND PROGNOSIS
Author(s) -
Ironside P.,
Pitt T. T. E.,
Rank B. K.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1977.tb03938.x
Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , context (archaeology) , disease , dermatology , malignant disease , general surgery , intensive care medicine , surgery , pathology , cancer , cancer research , paleontology , biology
This is a report on the periods of survival, and the factors that influence survival, in a series of 509 patients treated for malignant melanoma in the Peter MacCallum Clinic, Melbourne. Not the least of these factors is education of the public and the medical profession in its early recognition, which has greatly improved the prognosis. In this context, it is also firmly believed that whenever possible, one clinician only should be responsible for the total surgical management of any patient suffering from this disease.