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The malignant melanoma is a fairly rare, but very malignant tumor, emanative from epidermal melanocytes, that affects the skin in above 95% of cases. Unlike other tumors, it is encountered in younger age and can metastasize in early stages of the disease. This tumor is with highest rate of morbidity increase - 5% of newly diagnosed oncological conditions in men and 6% in women. The surgical treatment includes biopsy of the primary lesion, sentinel biopsy of regional lymph nodes with possible following lymph disection, wide radical excision of the primary site and surgical removal of distant methastases in the advanced stages of the disease |
