The primary objective of the study is to analyse a local cohort of patients aged 18-39 years with melanoma diagnosis in order to determine the prevalence of the disease in this age group. Secondary objectives are the following: * To identify risk factors associated with melanoma in young people. * To characterise the phenotype and dermoscopic features of melanoma in patients aged 18-39 years. * To analyse the relationship between the clinical and histopathological features of melanoma in young people. * To identify the mutational status of B-RAF in the sample of patients analysed.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
25
E.O. Ospedali Galliera
Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Melanoma prevalence
Estimated prevalence of melanoma in a cohort group of patients aged 18 - 39 years
Time frame: 3 years
Risk factor
Identification of risk factors associated with melanoma in young people.
Time frame: 3 years
Melanoma phenotype
Description of the main phenotypic of melanoma in this age group.
Time frame: 3 years
Histopathological feature
Evaluation of the likely association between clinical and histopathological features of melanoma in young people.
Time frame: 3 years
Mutational status
Identification of the presence of B-RAF mutations
Time frame: 3 years
Dermoscopy of melanoma
Description of the main dermoscopic characteristics of melanoma in this age group.
Time frame: 3 years
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