Women Have 30% Better Survival Than Men With Melanoma

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Women Have 30% Better Survival Than Men With Melanoma

.. Women with clinically localized stage I/II cutaneous melanoma have a clear 30% advantage over their male counterparts in terms of overall outcome, a new analysis confirms.

"Women have a 30% better chance of surviving their melanoma and a 30% lower chance of experiencing a metastasis to the lymph nodes and to other organs," first author Arjen Joosse, MD, PhD, from the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, toldMedscape Medical News...