{"title":"A Case Series of Rare Vaginal Malignant Melanoma","authors":"Soemanadi Soemanadi, Widyorini Lestari Hutami Hanafi, Veinardi Madjid","doi":"10.33371/ijoc.v17i4.1104","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Vaginal melanoma is a rare malignancy. Sadly, melanoma is a very aggressive tumor with a 5-year survival rate of 5%–25%. There is no publication about the incidence of vaginal malignant melanoma in Indonesia. Due to the lack of cases in Indonesia, this study aims to report the challenges and explore the risk factor, treatment, and prognosis of Vaginal Malignant Melanoma. Case Presentation: This case series report 2 patient with vaginal malignant melanoma who were diagnosed at Dharmais Cancer Center Hospital. Conclusions: Diagnosis and optimal treatment plans can be established through rapid and precise recognition of Malignant Melanoma to achieve better outcomes.","PeriodicalId":13489,"journal":{"name":"Indonesian Journal of Cancer","volume":"38 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Indonesian Journal of Cancer","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.33371/ijoc.v17i4.1104","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Introduction: Vaginal melanoma is a rare malignancy. Sadly, melanoma is a very aggressive tumor with a 5-year survival rate of 5%–25%. There is no publication about the incidence of vaginal malignant melanoma in Indonesia. Due to the lack of cases in Indonesia, this study aims to report the challenges and explore the risk factor, treatment, and prognosis of Vaginal Malignant Melanoma. Case Presentation: This case series report 2 patient with vaginal malignant melanoma who were diagnosed at Dharmais Cancer Center Hospital. Conclusions: Diagnosis and optimal treatment plans can be established through rapid and precise recognition of Malignant Melanoma to achieve better outcomes.