东德《临床医学》第75卷第11期第64页(1980年)报道:据证明,恶性黑色素瘤是由于内分泌因素起作用所致,其预后情况表明,女性较男性为好。为了验证这些看法,研究人员分析了1956年至1978年间经治疗的688名黑色素瘤病人的情况。结果提示,从出现转移开始,女性病人的平均生存期明显地较男性为长,并且女性病人发生肺转移也较男性为 East German “Clinical Medicine”, Vol. 75, No. 11, p. 64 (1980) reports: It has been proven that malignant melanoma is caused by endocrine factors and its prognosis indicates that women are better than men. To test these observations, the researchers analyzed the cases of 688 melanoma patients who were treated between 1956 and 1978. The results suggest that from the onset of metastases, the average survival time of female patients was significantly longer than that of men, and that female patients also had lung metastases as compared with men.