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OBJECTIVE: To identify what is currently known about melanoma during pregnancy in order to identify the main characteristics of melanoma during pregnancy and contribute to the community to carry out a fast and effective management. Most of the drugs traditionally prescribed are contraindicated during pregnancy, with a few exceptions. METHODOLOGY: A systematic search of literature was carried out using the electronic databases PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science. The terms used to carry out this search were melanoma AND nevus AND pregnancy, using articles published in the last 5 years as inclusion criteria, regardless of the type of article design and of the language in which they were published. RESULTS: Sentinel node biopsy is indicated according to the TNM only under local anesthesia. Most of the drugs traditionally prescribed are contraindicated during pregnancy, with a few exceptions. Recent progress has been made in research on therapeutic targets such as PLAC1 (placenta-specific 1) that require further study. CONCLUSIONS: There is still not enough evidence to support the increased incidence of melanoma in pregnancy; however, its hormonal environment could favor its appearance, so previous lesions should be observed, detecting early changes through the ABCDE of melanoma. Early diagnosis and treatment improve the prognosis and survival rates of these patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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OBJECTIVE: To describe the characteristics of melanoma mortality in Mexico individually and by federal entity. MATERIAL AND METHOD: A cross-sectional and retrospective analytical observational study of melanoma mortality from 2014 to 2018 compared to the degree of urbanity of the Mexican states. RESULTS: A total of 3973 patients died due to melanoma in Mexico during the fiveyear period, of which 721 (19.66%) lived in a rural area, and 3072 (80.44%) in urban areas. Eyelid melanoma was associated with a death at an earlier age, while death from melanoma of the lips occurred at an older age. Mexico City had the highest melanoma mortality rate for every 10,000 deaths. Age differences were identified at the time of death according to medical assistance and between medical assistance and sociodemographic characteristics of patients, such as affiliation and availability of health services, marital status, occupation and schooling. CONCLUSION: Melanoma related mortality in Mexico predominantly affected women and inhabitants of urban areas, affecting their life expectancy during the studied period. The abundance of private health centers was associated with a higher probability of having received medical assistance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The cutaneous melanoma is a severe and potentially mortal disease that affects the population of the whole world and that is conditioned by many risk factors related to some lifestyles that can be modified. The opportune and early finding of this clinical entity elevates the survival of affected people and it favors the therapeutic result; however, it is not diagnosed on time occasionally. At present it is already presented in younger individuals with 25-29 years old and with great probability of generating metastasis, which constitutes a concern in the health field. In this respect, it was decided to make this literature review, with the purpose of to update some elements on the topic and to make them known in the national and foreign medical community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The incidence of cutaneous melanoma has increased in our country recently. We report our experience during 20 years in 1023 cases, comparing the survival between 2 groups of patients: group A treated before 2000, and group B treated after 2000, based on the different treatment after the introduction of sentinel lymph node biopsy in 2000. There are no differences in survival rates between both groups in spite of being more conservative. Moreover, 75% of the lymphadenectomy could be evitated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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