A statistical observation of 571 admitted patients with malignant tumors diagnosed at Department of Dermatology, Miyazaki Medical College during the past 18 years (1977-1995) is reported. Malignant tumors include 164 cases of malignant lymphoma (ML) and other hematological diseases, 146 of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), 101 of malignant melanoma, 52 of basal cell epithelioma, 46 of Paget's disease, 13 of angiosarcoma, 11 of malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH), 11 of sweat gland carcinoma, and 27 of others. One hundred fifty-nine cases of them died; 93 of ML and other hematological diseases, 19 of malignant melanoma, 17 of SCC, 11 of angiosarcoma, 5 of Paget's disease, 4 of sweat gland carcinoma, 3 of MFH, and 7 of others.
