Sex Differences in Cutaneous Melanoma: Incidence, Clinicopathological Profile, Survival, and Costs.

26 , 27 Among women, both the CMM stage and the Breslow thickness were lower (although marginally significant); this feature (potentially resulting from women's greater tendency to check their own skin 7 , 8 ) could be consistent with the high frequency of the self-assessment for CMM among women (approximately one in two). 28 , 29 The most common primary sites of CMM were the trunk and lower limbs in men and women, respectively.

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