The clinical approach, epidemiology, diagnostic procedures, and management, along with followup of superficial spreading malignant melanoma are discussed. A 45-year-old Caucasian female presented ...

Ulceration may develop ... which contains melanin and thus can be confused with nevus or malignant melanoma. The eyelid defect created by tumor excision can be repaired using any of a variety ...

This is called the Breslow thickness. Tumour describes the thickness of the melanoma. It also describes if the skin over the tumour is broken when looked at under a microscope (ulcerated) or not.

It also tells you whether the top layer of the melanoma looks broken (ulcerated) when looked at under a microscope. Knowing this helps your doctor decide which treatment you need. Surgery is the main ...

The risk for melanoma-related death increased among patients with T1 melanoma tumors thicker than 0.8 mm, according to a study.According to the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 8th Edition ...

Recurrence-free survival and overall survival were more common in patients with nevus-associated acral melanoma compared with ...