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What are the chances of a 12 year old white colored person to get subungual melanoma?
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NOT COMMON: Subungual melanoma accounts for less than 4% of all melanoma cases. Most common in the 5th-7th decade, African-Americans, native Americans, and Asian population more common.
Answered 7/21/2016
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