Clinicopathological features and ethnic disparities of melanoma in the United Arab Emirates: 2017–2025

Jonathan Mokhtar; Nada Alsuwaidi; Nada Hassane; Rose Mary Eapen; Hind Aljanaahi; Dalia AlDhamin; Tannaz Rahbari; Ghazal Talal Saeed; Zainab Abdulla Al Darwish; Sara Almalik; Jeyaseelan Lakshmanan; Tom Loney; Reem El-Bahtimi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0340749

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Clinicopathological features and ethnic disparities of melanoma in the United Arab Emirates: 2017–2025

Jonathan Mokhtar ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Jonathan.mokhtar@students.mbru.ac.ae

Affiliation Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, College of Medicine (MBRU-CoM), Dubai, United Arab Emirates

https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8786-5246

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Nada Alsuwaidi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Nada Alsuwaidi, Nada Hassane

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, College of Medicine (MBRU-CoM), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Nada Hassane ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Nada Alsuwaidi, Nada Hassane

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, College of Medicine (MBRU-CoM), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Rose Mary Eapen,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Dermpath Consult FZ-LLC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0837-9349

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Hind Aljanaahi,

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, College of Medicine (MBRU-CoM), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Dalia AlDhamin,

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, College of Medicine (MBRU-CoM), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Tannaz Rahbari,

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, College of Medicine (MBRU-CoM), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Ghazal Talal Saeed,

Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, College of Medicine (MBRU-CoM), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Zainab Abdulla Al Darwish,

Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Aesthetic Center, Rashid Hospital, Dubai Health, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Sara Almalik,

Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, College of Medicine (MBRU-CoM), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Jeyaseelan Lakshmanan,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software

Affiliation Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, College of Medicine (MBRU-CoM), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Tom Loney,

Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, College of Medicine (MBRU-CoM), Dubai, United Arab Emirates

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1687-6587

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Reem El-Bahtimi

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation International Dermpath Consult FZ-LLC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Clinicopathological features and ethnic disparities of melanoma in the United Arab Emirates: 2017–2025

Jonathan Mokhtar,
Nada Alsuwaidi,
Nada Hassane,
Rose Mary Eapen,
Hind Aljanaahi,
Dalia AlDhamin,
Tannaz Rahbari,
Ghazal Talal Saeed,
Zainab Abdulla Al Darwish,
Sara Almalik

Published: June 5, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340749

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