Acral lentiginous melanoma: a skin cancer with unfavourable prognostic features. A study of the German central malignant melanoma registry (CMMR) in 2050 patients.

Y TeramotoU KeimA GesierichG SchulerE FiedlerT TütingC UlrichU WollinaJ C HasselR GutzmerS GoerdtChristos C ZouboulisU LeiterT K EigentlerC Garbe

Published in: The British journal of dermatology (2017)

ALM has the same prognostic factors as other subtypes of melanoma. Unfavourable prognosis probably derives from the delay in diagnosis in comparison with other melanoma subtypes.

Keyphrases

skin cancer
prognostic factors
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported