Vulvar Melanoma Is Increasing in Older Women

Vulvar Melanoma Is Increasing in Older Women

The national incidence of vulvar melanoma is on the rise in women aged over 60 years, climbing by an average of 2.2% per year during 2000–2016, Maia K. Erickson reported in a poster at the virtual annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.

These are often aggressive malignancies. The 5-year survival following diagnosis of vulvar melanoma in women aged 60 years or older was 39.7%, compared with 61.9% in younger women, according to Ms. Erickson, a visiting research fellow in the department of dermatology at Northwestern University, Chicago.

4 thoughts on “Vulvar Melanoma Is Increasing in Older Women

  1. This is scary. And especially scary since when I go for my semi-annual skin check, my dermatologist, does not check under my panties. And no Gyn examinations are recommended over the age of 65. No wonder women my age are dying of melanoma! Time to get out the mirror and take a look.

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