Evaluation of the risk of multiple primaries in malignant cutaneous melanoma.
The evaluation of the risk of a second primary melanoma has been done on a series of 521 cases of malignant melanoma observed at the National Cancer Institute of Milan from September 1967 to December 1974. It has been found that a malignant melanoma patient is about 900 times more likely to have a second primary than an individual in the general population is likely to contract the disease. The risk is age and sex dependent.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*