Malignant melanoma in children. A review
R. Ruiz-Maldonado and M. L. Orozco-Covarrubias
Department of Pediatric Dermatology, National Institute of Pediatrics, Mexico City, Mexico.
The increasing incidence during the last decades and the projection for the
future places malignant melanoma (MM) among the most important public
health problems world-wide. Given the limited success of therapy for MM,
for the time being the fighting strategy against MM should focus mainly on
prevention and early detection.
