TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Patterns of Occurrence A1 - Greenberg, Raymond S. A2 - Greenberg, Raymond S. PY - 2014 T2 - Medical Epidemiology: Population Health and Effective Health Care, 5e AB - A 62-year-old healthy female office manager with fair skin visited her dermatologist for the evaluation of a recently appearing itchy black mole on her left thigh. Upon examination, the mole was approximately 8 mm in diameter with an asymmetrical shape, irregular borders, black and brown coloration, and a flat surface. An excisional biopsy with 1-cm surgical margins was performed revealing a superficial spreading melanoma of 0.6-mm thickness without ulceration or evidence of rapid cell division. There was no disease spread beyond the primary anatomic site, and the patient was followed with regular examinations, which revealed no recurrence or spread during the following 5 years. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/09 UR - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1108589858 ER -