New Treatments of Metastatic Melanoma in 21th Century: 2011 and future

摘要：

@@ Introduction Melanoma is the fifth most common cancer in the United States.The estimated number of new cases of melanoma in 2012 is 76,250, with 9,180 melanoma-related death”1,2”.Moreover,the incidence of melanoma is rising faster than any other cancer in man and second only to lung cancer in women”3”.Although only 5% of patients had metastatic disease on diagnosis, the median overall survival (OS) is less than one-year and the twoyear survival rate is between 10~20%”4,5”.Compared to the white population, Asian population is less prone to this condition because of the protective effect of melanin”6”.The overall incidence of melanoma in China has not been reported.A recent single institution study in China reported 522 melanoma cases during only four years from 2006~2010”7”.

机标关键词：Century、New、protective effect、overall survival、survival rate、lung cancer、institution、China、during、women、white、study、death、four、new、man

所属期刊栏目：2

分类号：R739.5;R730.5(肿瘤学)

在线出版日期：2012-06-11（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）

页数：共6页

页码：2-6,18