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Melanomas on Scalp and Neck More Deadly
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 The patients included in study were non-Hispanic white adults in nine states who were first diagnosed with invasive melanoma between 1992 and 2003. Patients with scalp-neck melanomas were more likely to be male and were an average age of 59 years, compared to 55 years for those with other melanomas.
Scalp-neck melanomas were thicker (0.8 millimeters) than other melanomas (0.6 millimeters) and more likely to be ulcerated. The study also found that lymph node involvement was more common in cases of scalp-neck melanomas.
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Last updated 4/21/2008
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SOURCE: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, news release, April 21, 2008
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