Cutaneous malignant melanoma: a potentially curable disease.
Theoretically no-one should die of cutaneous malignant melanoma for it is a unique cancer in that it is visible and can therefore be spotted early and excised before it has invaded to a significant depth. Cure depends on an informed general public and on doctors who can distinguish the sinister from the banal.
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King's College Hospital, London.
D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006113:United Kingdom