Search for dissertations about: "amelanotic melanoma"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words amelanotic melanoma.

  2. 1. Malignant melanoma of the vulva

    Author : Boel Ragnarsson Olding; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Malignant melanoma; Vulvar melanoma; mucosal melanoma; epidemiology; amelanotic melanoma; pre-existing nevus; N-Ras mutation; TP53 mutation;

    Abstract : From a consecutive, nationwide series of 219 females with primary vulvar malignant melanomas diagnosed in Sweden during 1960 to 1984 and followed up until 1994, we analyzed epidemiological, clinical, histopathological, prognostic and molecular genetic data. The age-standardized incidence among these patients, 75 % of whom were 60 years old or more, decreased by 3. READ MORE

  4. 2. Malignant melanoma and other malignancies of the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinuses in Sweden

    Author : Mattias Jangard; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Malignancies emerging in the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinuses are rare and accounts for 5% of all head and neck malignancies and 0.1% of all malignancies in Sweden. The incidence of sinonasal malignancy (SNM), except sinonasal malignant melanoma (SNMM), has been reported to decrease since 1960 in Sweden. READ MORE