Abstract
Background: Melanoma is the most deadly of all skin cancers in the world, its incidence rate has increased in the last decades. We aim to define the frequency, and epidemiologic features of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma Cases diagnosed between 2011 and 2016 in teaching hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, southwest of Iran.
 
 Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was have performed at hospitals affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences from 2011 to 2016. Pathology reports collected from the laboratory along with general information such as age, sex, site of the tumor and had ulceration or not. SPSS version 23 statistical software was used for data analyzing. P-values less than 0.05 were considered significant.
 
 Results: A total of 183 cases of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma were registered in Faghihi Teaching hospital, 7 cases in Namazi Teaching Hospital and 6 cases in Motahari clinic in Shiraz, between 2011 and 2016. The average age was 64.5 years with age range of 1year to 89 years, mostly in women (51.5%) and also most of the tumor sites were in the foot 46 (23.5%) and then in the scalp 20 (10.2%). The incidence of ulceration was 41 (20.9%), and the most common stage of the tumor was stage one.
 
 Conclusion: The results proved the importance of awareness of the physicians about the frequency and epidemiologic features of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma in their region that they can diagnose or screen and treat them more earlier in better ways.
Highlights
Skin as the largest living member of the body, it is considered as one of the most complex, most interesting and most prolific member (Hamed Alharbi, Mousa, Alrashidi, Alighadaf, & Aljohani, 2018)
During the study period (2011-2016), 183 cases diagnosed in Faghihi Teaching Hospital of Shiraz, 7 cases in Namazi Teaching Hospital and 6 cases of Motahari Clinic that registered in 2011-2016
The most common stage of Malignant Melanoma was stage1 that was 101 (51.5%). (Figure 3) The frequency of melanoma has an increase after the year 2011, and it became about four folds more in the last 2016! (Figure 1)
Summary
Skin as the largest living member of the body, it is considered as one of the most complex, most interesting and most prolific member (Hamed Alharbi, Mousa, Alrashidi, Alighadaf, & Aljohani, 2018). Skin cancer is the third most popular malignancy in the world. It can be of two types: Non-Melanoma and Melanoma. Malignant Melanoma is the most deadly of all skin cancers (Ferdosi et al, 2016; Razi, Rafiemanesh, Ghoncheh, Khani, & Salehiniya, 2015), and its Incidence has been increasing globally in past decades. Melanoma is the most deadly of all skin cancers in the world, its incidence rate has increased in the last decades. We aim to define the frequency, and epidemiologic features of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma Cases diagnosed between 2011 and 2016 in teaching hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, southwest of Iran. Conclusion: The results proved the importance of awareness of the physicians about the frequency and epidemiologic features of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma in their region that they can diagnose or screen and treat them more earlier in better ways
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