title: Malignant melanoma in African Americans.
abstract: Although rare, malignant melanoma (MM) is a real and serious risk for African Americans. African Americans have a proportionately higher incidence of acral melanoma, both the acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM) histologic subtype and subungual melanoma (SM). MM is more likely to be diagnosed at a later stage in African Americans and carries a worse prognosis. Given these facts, the relatively simple and inexpensive primary and secondary preventions for MM should be standard, particularly in the African American patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, 1090 Amsterdam Ave, Suite 11B, New York, NY 10025, USA.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D015996:Survival Rate; D014481:United States