Prevention and early diagnosis of malignant melanoma.

A Norwegian melanoma project was carried out in 1989-1993 as a joint study by the dermatological, surgical, oncological, and pathological departments at the five university hospitals in Norway, Of 4,582 patients (2,894 women, 1,688 men) diagnosed and treated at the Department of Dermatology, Ullevål Hospital, 1,347 patients (833 women, 514 men) were included in the analysis, which consisted of a clinical evaluation and pathological …