Patients of colour predominately present with acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM), the most lethal subtype of cutaneous melanoma. We here advocate for increased mechanistic studies using models derived from the patient communities suffering most from ALM to develop therapies that benefit patients across all ethnic and racial groups. In this Comment article, Alicea and Rebecca advocate for increased basic research and translational studies of acral lentiginous melanoma using the patient communities that suffer the most in order to develop therapies that benefit patients across all ethnic and racial groups.

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不公平的皮肤：肢端黑色素瘤研究中的种族差异

有色人种患者主要表现为肢端黑色素瘤 (ALM)，这是皮肤黑色素瘤中最致命的亚型。我们在这里提倡使用来自 ALM 患者社区的模型来增加机制研究，以开发有益于所有种族和种族群体患者的疗法。在这篇评论文章中，Alicea 和 Rebecca 提倡使用受害最严重的患者社区来增加对肢端黑色素瘤的基础研究和转化研究，以开发有益于所有种族和种族群体患者的疗法。