Lentigo maligna melanoma is a melanoma in situ on sun-damaged skin. It is a variably brown-pigmented flat patch on the head or neck of elderly patients. Its growth is generally slow, but it can ...

Women were a younger mean age at melanoma diagnosis when compared with men across all anatomic sites and most Breslow thickness categories.

The standard of care set forth by the National Institutes of Health Consensus Conference in 1992 recommended excision with a 0.5 cm margin for in situ melanomas including LM (NIH Consensus ...