Acral lentiginous melanoma: Clinicopathologic and survival differences according to tumour location.

Matthew David HowardCharles XieEdmund WeeRory WolfeCatriona McLeanJohn W KellyYan Pan

Published in: The Australasian journal of dermatology (2020)

The reduced melanoma-specific survival in nail ALM patients was likely due to their greater thickness and ulceration. Although hand ALMs are thicker and more frequently ulcerated, this is likely due to the higher proportion of nail ALMs present in this location.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
optical coherence tomography
skin cancer
basal cell carcinoma