Malignant melanoma in Maoris and Polynesians in New Zealand.
In 1896, Matas was the first to comment on the relative infrequency of malignant melanoma in negroes and this observation has been repeated for all pigmented races (McGovern, 1977a) A review of malignant melanoma in Maoris and Polynesians in New Zealand was performed to see if the above statement was true with respect to the pigmented people of a country with the second highest incidence of the disease in the world (Little et al., 1980).
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009520:New Zealand / Q000208:ethnology; D011114:Polynesia / Q000208:ethnology