Comparative Clinico-Epidemiologic Indices of Skin Melanoma in Lugansk People’s Republic in 2015-1017
The incidence of morbidity caused by skin melanoma (SM) among citizens of Lugansk People’s Republic was analyzed. The data received indicate that the highest number of cases was noted in males aged 65 and elder, and in females aged 45-50. In the last three years (2015-2017) the incidence of the disease in the Republic, caused by SM, had decreased on 20% and the lethality - on 10,7%. It was due to the measures undertaken, earlier diagnosis of the disease, a wide range of the medical prophylactic examinations of the population and constant screening of the population at the pre-hospital stage carried out by doctors-dermatologists in the Republic.