Suspected melanoma only when the lesion is greater than 6mm may harm patients

ABSTRACT Objective To analyze the distribution of larger diameter in the pathological report of cutaneous melanoma patients. Methods Data were obtained from patients seen from 1994 to 2015. Date, sex, age, maximum diameter, histological subtype, primary site, microscopic thickness, mitoses, ulce...

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Main Authors: Renato Santos de Oliveira Filho, Daniel Arcuschin de Oliveira, Murilo Costa Souza, Mariane da Silva, Mireille Darc Cavalcanti Brandão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082015000400506&lng=en&tlng=en