[Primary cutaneous malignant melanoma: retrospective studyfrom 1963 to 1997 at Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo].
OBJECTIVE
A retrospective study on the Primary Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma in the Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo (HSPE-SP) analyzing its distribution according to age, sex, race and cutaneous site.


METHODS
We studied 222 patients with Primary Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma as diagnosed at Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo, Brazil between the period from 1963 to 1997. A retrospective study was performed. Data were expressed as inance of caucasians (98.19%) over afro-americans (1.81) and of the female sex (69.36%) over the male sex (30.63%) was found. The predominant age on the occasion of the diagnosis was between 50 and 60 years for the women (25.32%) and between 60 and 69 years for the men (22.52%). The most frequent site of the cancer in men was the back region (29.41%) and in the lower members in the women (38.31%). The most frequent level of the tumor invasion (Clark) was IV (39.77%), and the average of tumor thickeness (Breslow) was < 0.75 mm (28.4%). A 5 years survival was observed in 73.3% of the patients.


CONCLUSIONS
At our Hospital the incidence of Primary Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma has shown an increase in recent years; these results are compatible with the most recent international surveys.
Serviço de Dermatologia do Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo.
P R
PR
Criado
C
C
Vasconcellos
J A
JA
Sittart
N Y
NY
Valente
B P
BP
Moura
G L
GL
Barbosa
C
C
Ichihara
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*
Melanoma maligno cutâneo primário: estudo retrospectivo de 1963 a 1997 no Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo.