Melanoma is detected at 90 – 100 persons in Tatarstan every year. More than 18 thousand patients with melanoma are in Privolzhsky federal district. In Russia there are near 90 thousand patients with this disease. This information was reported by principal non-staff specialist-oncologist of TR Health Ministry Rustem Khasanov at inter-regional scientific-practical conference of Volga region federal district «Melanoma immunotherapy» which takes place today in Kazan.