Onkologie. 2017:11(3):138-143 | DOI: 10.36290/xon.2017.027

Malignant melanoma, incidence, risk factor and early diagnosis

Ondřej Kodet^{1, 2, 3}, Ivana Krajsová¹

1Dermatovenerologická klinika 1. LF UK a VFN, Praha, 2Anatomický ústav 1. LF UK, Praha, 3BIOCEV – Biotechnologické a biomedicínské centrum Akademie věd a Univerzity Karlovy ve Vestci u Prahy

The incidence of primary cutaneous melanoma in the population continues to grow and reached almost quadruple values for the

last 40 years. It represents a significant health and also socio-economic problem. Long-term survival of patients with melanoma is

significantly dependent on the diagnosis of melanoma in the early stages of the disease, which have better long-term prognosis.

Target screening helps to effectively monitor risk population with tendency for the diagnosis of melanoma in prognostically more

favorable stages. Education of the population and the availability of basic dermatooncology examination play indispensable role

in prevention of melanoma.

Keywords: melanoma, risk factors, screening of population

Published: June 1, 2017  Show citation