Malignant melanoma in queensland

Between July 1963 and December 1968, all cases of proven malignant melanoma occurring in Queensland were registered at the Research Unit of the Princess Alexandra Hospital as part of the Queensland Melanoma Project (Davis and Herron, 1966). During 1969, only selected teaching hospital cases were registered. In all, during the whole period, we have detailed records of 1,514 patients and these constitute the basis of this paper. In all cases, the microscopic diagnoses were reviewed by a panel of pathologists before the case was regarded as proven.