How does a diagnosis of thin cutaneous malignant melanoma affect survival rates?

Abstract

Cutaneous malignant melanoma is a type of skin cancer that you can die from. The number of patients being diagnosed with malignant melanoma of the skin is rising in most countries. About 4000 patients were diagnosed in Sweden in 2018. The risk of dying from cutaneous melanoma is very much dependent on the thickness of melanoma, a measure given by the pathologist after removing the melanoma. The risk of dying increases with increasing thickness. Most patients who are diagnosed with cutaneous melanoma will have thin melanomas, i.e. 1 mm or thinner.