@article{d1f30931b8244982bb660ff95af7ead1,
title = "Atypical mole syndrome: Risk factor for cutaneous malignant melanoma and implications for management",
abstract = "The incidence of malignant melanoma is increasing faster than that of any other cancer. It is important to identify subsets of the population at high risk of its development so that they can be observed more closely to identify early melanomas when they are curable. It has been reported worldwide that persons with the atypical mole (dysplastic nevus) syndrome are such a subset at increased risk. A risk gradient for the development of melanoma exists and varies from persons with one or two atypical moles and no family history of melanoma at one end of the spectrum to persons with the familial atypical multiple-mole melanoma syndrome at the other. Guidelines for the management of atypical mole syndrome are presented.",
author = "Johnny Slade and Marghoob, {Ashfaq A.} and Salopek, {Thomas G.} and Rigel, {Darrell S.} and Kopf, {Alfred W.} and Bart, {Robert S.}",
note = "Funding Information: From the Ronald 0. Perehnan Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine; Oncology Section, Charles C. Harris Skin and Cancer Pavilion, New York University Medical Center; and New York University Melanoma Cooperative Group, New York; and the Department Dermatology, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Supported by the Williim Randolph Hearst Melanoma Fellowship; the Ronald 0. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York Uni-versity School of Medicine; the Niarchos Fund of the Skin Cancer Foundation; Cancer Center Support Core grant No. P3Q CA-16087-16; the American Cancer Society; and the Skin Cancer Foundation. Presented in part at the Third World Congress on Cancers of the Skin, Berlin, Germany, September 1993. *Lecturer, Division of Dermatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Reprint requests: Alfred Cancer Unit, 550 First Copyright @ 1995 by the 0190-9622/95 $3.00 + 0",
year = "1995",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1016/0190-9622(95)90073-X",
language = "English",
volume = "32",
pages = "479--494",
journal = "Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology",
issn = "0190-9622",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
number = "3",
}