Guest guest Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 " Melanoma and CLL is a dangerously common association with bad outcomes, " declared Dr. Brewer, a dermatologic surgeon at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. " We need to educate our professional colleagues, specifically our hematologists/oncologists, that if their patients with CLL have a lot of moles or a lot of risk factors for melanoma, they should consider referring those patients to a dermatologist sooner, to catch melanomas earlier, " he continued. The 10-year overall survival in patients diagnosed with melanoma preceded by CLL was 19%, compared with an expected 55% if they had no history of prior CLL. The 10-year melanoma-specific survival rates were 62% with a prior diagnosis of CLL and 84% without. This is a report from Sweden given at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Source:http://tinyurl.com/26txywj ~chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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