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New melanoma findings from Icelandic Cancer Society published

Published in Clinical Oncology Week, June 14th, 2010

Current study results from the report, 'Trends in the survival of patients diagnosed with malignant melanoma of the skin in the Nordic countries 1964-2003 followed up to the end of 2006,' have been published. "A previous Nordic study showed a marked and steady increase in the age-adjusted 5-year relative survival of skin melanoma patients diagnosed during the period 1958 through 1987. Males had considerably poorer survival than females," scientists in Reykjavik, Iceland report.

"Using the NORDCAN database, we studied relative survival and excess mortality of patients diagnosed with melanoma of the skin in the Nordic countries 1964-2003 followed up to the end of 2006....

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