Incidence, mortality and survival trends of cutaneous melanoma in Umbria, Italy. 1978-82 and 1994-98.
Many studies have reported increasing incidence rates of cutaneous melanoma during the last 30-40 years; the highest have been observed in Australia and New Zealand (27.9/100,000 among males and 25.0 among females) and in North America (10.9/100,000 among males and 7.7 among females). In Italy, from 1994-1998, in the areas covered by cancer registries (23% of Italian population), the incidence rate for males was 8.5 and for females, 1.9/100,000. The aim of the present study was to describe incidence, mortality and survival from cutaneous melanoma in the Umbrian population during the periods 1978-1982 and 1994-1998.
Stracci
Fabrizio
F
Umbrian Population Cancer Registry.
Minelli
Liliana
L
D'Alò
Daniela
D
Fusco-Moffa
Igino
I
Falsettini
Elena
E
Cassetti
Tiziana
T
Romagnoli
Carlo
C
La Rosa
Francesco
F
D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends; D012042:Registries; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends