title: Epidemiology of cutaneous melanoma in the French West Indies (Martinique).
abstract: The epidemiology of melanoma in populations of African-European descent has rarely been reported. The authors studied melanoma in the French West Indies (Martinique), where black Caribbeans and whites represented 96% and 4% of the population, respectively. Among the 85 cases of melanoma collected from 1976 to 1995, blacks represented 75% and whites, 25%. The average incidence rates were 1.48 and 0.9 per 100,000 per year in females and males, respectively. The sole of the foot represented 72% of the primary sites in blacks. Breslow's tumor thickness was > 1.5 mm in 68% of the cases. The 5-year survival was 44%.
authors.affiliation: Registre du Cancer de la Martinique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Fort de France, Martinique, French West Indies.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Garsaud
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Boisseau-Garsaud
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ossondo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Azaloux
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Escarmant
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Mab
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saint-Cyr
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Quist
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hélénon
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jouannelle
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D044383:Black People; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008395:Martinique / Q000453:epidemiology; D008545:Melanoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012042:Registries; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D015996:Survival Rate; D044465:White People