title: Malignant melanoma in children. A review.
abstract: The increasing incidence during the last decades and the projection for the future places malignant melanoma (MM) among the most important public health problems world-wide. Given the limited success of therapy for MM, for the time being the fighting strategy against MM should focus mainly on prevention and early detection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dermatology, National Institute of Pediatrics, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Maldonado
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Orozco-Covarrubias
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008545:Melanoma / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology