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Original Article

Malignant Melanoma in African Americans
Rahman Z, Taylor SC
Cutis. 2001;67:403-404, 406.
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.

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