Malign Melanoma

Abstract

Malign melanom mortalitesi yüksek olan ve benign lezyonlarla sıklıkla karışan bir tümördür. Erken tedavi edilmediği takdirde prognozu en kötü olan tümörlerdendir. Erken dönemde yakalanan malign melanomların tedavisinde bugün başarılı sonuçlar alınmaktadır.

Keywords

• malign
• prognozu
• mortalitesi

Malignant Melanoma

Abstract

In this report, the patients with malignant melanoma admitted in Surgical Department of Medical School of Ankara University in past 5 years have been analysed and compared with literatüre.

Keywords

• patients
• admitted
• analysed

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