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Although cutaneous malignant melanoma accounts for only 3 percentof all neoplasms, its incidence has risen more rapidly thanthat of any other cancer, with an 83 percent increase between1973 and 1987. If this trend continues, it is estimated thatthe lifetime risk of melanoma, which is 1 in 1600 for a personborn in 1950, will be 1 in 90 for someone born in the year 2000.The growing importance of melanoma is illustrated by a Medlinesearch showing that in 1992 alone there were 969 medical-journalarticles on the topic. It is therefore not surprising to encounter. . . [Full Text of this Article]
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