Goldstein N
John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96817.
Hawaii Med J. 1993 May;52(5):126-8.
Basal cell cancers are the most common of all cancers. They rarely metastasize and very rarely kill. Melanomas, however, do kill! An estimated 20 people in Hawaii will die this year from malignant melanoma. Early diagnosis and treatment can save much morbidity--surgery, scars and other defects--and can save lives. This manuscript reviews melanoma data from several agencies in Hawaii and from the experience of the author's private practice. In his private practice, he has seen the incidence of melanomas jump from an average of one a year in 1970 to 1975 to 7.4 each year between 1986 and 1990. While basal cell cancers and melanomas occur more in Caucasians, they are seen in all races. Everyone can get skin cancer and melanoma. Physicians must teach their patients to Practice Safe Sun--Hawaii.
基底细胞癌是所有癌症中最常见的。它们很少发生转移，致死率也极低。然而，黑色素瘤却会致人死亡！据估计，今年夏威夷将有20人死于恶性黑色素瘤。早期诊断和治疗可以避免许多发病情况——如手术、疤痕及其他缺陷——还能挽救生命。本文回顾了来自夏威夷多个机构的黑色素瘤数据以及作者私人诊所的经验。在他的私人诊所里，他发现黑色素瘤的发病率从1970年至1975年的平均每年1例跃升至1986年至1990年的每年7.4例。虽然基底细胞癌和黑色素瘤在白种人中更为常见，但所有种族都有病例。每个人都可能患皮肤癌和黑色素瘤。医生必须教导他们的患者在夏威夷进行安全防晒。
