Background After a rapid increase in malignant melanoma (MM) incidence trends of the melanoma epidemic in the recent years seemed in-the last decades, not homogeneous. Objective This study aimed at the monitoring of some epidemiological data referring to melanoma in a region of the Northern Italy during the past 8-year period. Methods All cases of melanoma, including also in situ lesions, diagnosed in Emilia-Romagna and San Marino State, with the exclusion of Cesena province, from 1997 to 2004 were recorded and the incidence of melanoma, adjusted for the European standard population by the direct method, was calculated. Results Mean standardized incidence was 9.7 for invasive MMs and 11.9 considering also in situ ones, showing an ascending trend with an increment of 3.3 new incident cases in 2004. compared with 1997. No differences in age distribution, gender and site were reported. Concerning tumour thickness, although a general ascending trend in all subtypes, only thin melanoma incidence significantly increased over the study period. Conclusions Contrary to data from Northern European countries, melanoma incidence still showed an ascending trend in the Italian population of Emilia Romagna.
Melanoma epidemic across the millennium: time trends of cutaneous melanoma in Emilia-Romagna (Italy) from 1997 to 2004 / Pellacani, Giovanni; G., Lo Scocco; Vinceti, Marco; G., Albertini; A. A., Raccagni; L., Baldassari; S., Catrani; S., Donelli; P., Ghetti; A., Lanzoni; M., Leardini; M., Reggiani; M., Santini; I., Stanganelli; A., Virgili; Seidenari, Stefania. - In: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY. - ISSN 0926-9959. - STAMPA. - 22:2(2008), pp. 213-218. [10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02388.x]
Melanoma epidemic across the millennium: time trends of cutaneous melanoma in Emilia-Romagna (Italy) from 1997 to 2004
PELLACANI, Giovanni;VINCETI, Marco;SEIDENARI, Stefania
2008
Abstract
Background After a rapid increase in malignant melanoma (MM) incidence trends of the melanoma epidemic in the recent years seemed in-the last decades, not homogeneous. Objective This study aimed at the monitoring of some epidemiological data referring to melanoma in a region of the Northern Italy during the past 8-year period. Methods All cases of melanoma, including also in situ lesions, diagnosed in Emilia-Romagna and San Marino State, with the exclusion of Cesena province, from 1997 to 2004 were recorded and the incidence of melanoma, adjusted for the European standard population by the direct method, was calculated. Results Mean standardized incidence was 9.7 for invasive MMs and 11.9 considering also in situ ones, showing an ascending trend with an increment of 3.3 new incident cases in 2004. compared with 1997. No differences in age distribution, gender and site were reported. Concerning tumour thickness, although a general ascending trend in all subtypes, only thin melanoma incidence significantly increased over the study period. Conclusions Contrary to data from Northern European countries, melanoma incidence still showed an ascending trend in the Italian population of Emilia Romagna.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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