Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of malignant melanoma in Southeast Anatolia in Turkey

Bilal Sula; Feyzullah Uemak; Mehmet Ali Kaplan; Zuhat Urakei; Mustafa Arica; Abdurrahman Isikdogan

doi:10.11604/pamj.2016.24.22.9254

The Pan African Medical Journal (May 2016)

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of malignant melanoma in Southeast Anatolia in Turkey

Bilal Sula,
Feyzullah Uemak,
Mehmet Ali Kaplan,
Zuhat Urakei,
Mustafa Arica,
Abdurrahman Isikdogan

Affiliations

Bilal Sula: Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey
Feyzullah Uemak: Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey
Mehmet Ali Kaplan: Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey
Zuhat Urakei: Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey
Mustafa Arica: Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey
Abdurrahman Isikdogan: Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.24.22.9254
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 24, no. 22

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INTRODUCTION: the present study aimed to establish the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients who were histopathologically diagnosed with malignant melanoma (MM). METHODS: the present study retrospectively analyzed the data of 78 patients who were histopathologically diagnosed with MM in Dicle University Medical Faculty, Dermatology and Medical Oncology departments between 2005 and 2014.

Published in The Pan African Medical Journal

ISSN: 1937-8688 (Online)
Publisher: The Pan African Medical Journal
Country of publisher: Kenya
LCC subjects: Medicine
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