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Melanoma case survival rates in South Australia by histological type, thickness and level of tumour at diagnosis
Author(s) -
Bonett Anton,
Roder David,
Esterman Adrian
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1986.tb113693.x
Subject(s) - lentigo maligna melanoma , lentigo maligna , medicine , nodular melanoma , melanoma , dermatology , cancer registry , superficial spreading melanoma , skin cancer , lentigo , overall survival , pathology , cancer , oncology , epidemiology , cancer research
Data from the South Australian Cancer Registry on malignant melanoma of the skin showed that case survival rates were higher for lentigo maligna melanomas and superficial spreading lesions than for nodular and other histological classifications. Lower case survival rates applied to the thicker melanomas and those at a more invasive level at diagnosis. After adjusting for differences in thickness and level in this study, no statistically significant differences were apparent between case survival rates for the nodular lesions and the lentigo maligna and superficial spreading melanomas.