An Audit of Malignant Melanoma Patients Treated in Three Years at a Single Institute: Our Regional Cancer Centre Experience
Journal Title: GUJARAT CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH JOURNAL - Year 2018, Vol 20, Issue 1
Abstract
Malignant melanoma is skin malignancy with very minor subset of presentation. It is a rare malignancy but forming major contribution from skin cancer related mortality and morbidity. The cell of origin is melanocyte and thus present in all areas of epidermis and in parts of eye and upper respiratory, gastrotintestinal and genitourinary tracts. We aimed at analyzing this rare group of patients presenting at our hospital with detailed analysis including clinical features, presentation, diagnosis, management and response and follow up. The present study of series of 27 patients presenting to Gujarat Cancer & Research Instititute is a mixed subgroup of various presentation of this rare disease at different sites with different presentation and management also offered according to each individual case accordingly
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Pooja Patel Nandwani, Apurva Patel, U Suryanarayana kunikullaya, Shashank Pandya
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