Trends of cutaneous melanoma in The Netherlands: increasing incidence rates among all Breslow thickness categories and rising mortality rates since 1989

Hollestein, Loes; Akker, S.A.W. van den; Nijsten, Tamar; Karim‐Kos, Henrike E.; Coebergh, Jan Willem; Vries, Esther de

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“…Just to compare, we can say that for non-melanoma skin cancers the percentage was 2% and 2.6% for men and women, respectively, whereas the incident cases of all cancers for all those age groups are 4.1% and 5.6% for men and women, respectively. The results suggest that there are 2 epidemiology reference groups of a melanoma incidence rate for the young and old subgroups, which corresponds to the observations from other parts of Europe [10][11][12][13][14][15].…”

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“…The skin cancer incidence rates(C44,C43) are continually increasing in the world population [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. In Poland, an increasing trend has also been recorded for all age groups since the 1970s, and according to the estimations this upward trend will continue in future [19].…”

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“…In Silesia, cutaneous melanoma is diagnosed in men 4 and in women 2.5 times less frequently than non-melanomas, and this ratio is similar in the rest of Europe [10,14]. However, a slightly higher risk of cancer is recorded for men younger than 74 years than for women.…”

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Incidence of Melanoma and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer in the Inhabitants of the Upper Silesia, Poland

Juszko-Piekut¹,

Moździerz²,

Kołosza³

et al. 2013

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Incidence of Melanoma and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer in the Inhabitants of the Upper Silesia, Poland

Juszko-Piekut¹,

Moździerz²,

Kołosza³

et al. 2013

Highlights in Skin Cancer

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“…30,31 However, sun exposure patterns might be of less importance than the individual response to exposure to UV radiation. 22,26,27 Although a steady improvement in survival among melanoma patients has been reported over the last decades, 2,20,32 the mortality rates from melanoma continue to rise in several European countries as a result of increasing incidence, 3,20,[32][33][34] most pronounced in older patients. In contrast, mortality curves are stable or have even begun to fall in Australia, 34,35 the U.S., 34 Scandinavia 2 and the UK.…”

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International trends in the incidence of malignant melanoma 1953–2008—are recent generations at higher or lower risk?

Erdmann

Lortet‐Tieulent

Schüz

et al. 2012

Intl Journal of Cancer

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The incidence of cutaneous malignant melanoma has steadily increased over the past 50 years in predominately fair‐skinned populations. This increase is reported to have leveled off recently in several Northern and Western European countries, Australia, New Zealand and in North America. We studied the global patterns and time trends in incidence of melanoma by country and sex, with a focus on and age‐ and cohort‐specific variations. We analyzed the incidence data from 39 population‐based cancer registries, examining all‐ages and age‐truncated standardized incidence rates of melanoma, estimating the annual percentage change and incidence rate ratios from age‐period‐cohort models. Incidence rates of melanoma continue to rise in most European countries (primarily Southern and Eastern Europe), whereas in Australia, New Zealand, the U.S., Canada, Israel and Norway, rates have become rather stable in recent years. Indications of a stabilization or decreasing trend were observed mainly in the youngest age group (25–44 years). Rates have been rising steadily in generations born up to the end of the 1940s, followed by a stabilization or decline in rates for more recently born cohorts in Australia, New Zealand, the U.S., Canada and Norway. In addition to the birth cohort effect, there was a suggestion of a period‐related influence on melanoma trends in certain populations. Although our findings provide support that primary and secondary prevention can halt and reverse the observed increasing burden of melanoma, they also indicate that those prevention measures require further endorsement in many countries.

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“…In the Afro-American population the prevalence is even twenty times lower (3). The epidemiological data show a constant 4-6% rise in incident cases of melanoma annually (6). In the Czech Republic, 2,044 cases of malignant melanoma (1,086 in males and 958 in females) were reported in 2011.…”

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Relative Importance of Traditional Risk Factors for Malignant Melanoma in the Czech Population

Rajská

Göpfertová

Hercogová

et al. 2016

Cent Eur J Public Health

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SUMMARY Aim:The Czech Republic is one of the leading European countries in incident cases of malignant melanoma (MM), which is on the rise. The study objective was to assess the strength of associations between MM and the known generally accepted risk factors for MM in the population of the Czech Republic.Methods: The study was designed as a case-control study where cases were incident cases of MM detected at the Department of Dermatology and Venereology of the Bulovka Hospital. Controls were selected from cancer-free patients admitted to departments other than Dermatology and Venereology. Validated questionnaires were used to collect demographic, epidemiological, and clinical data.Results: The binary logistic model shows the main risk factors for MM: male, female (OR = 0.292, 95% CI = 0.175-0.486), a changed mole (OR = 6.371, 95% CI = 3.774-10.756), a history of skin cancer (OR = 95.704, 95% CI = 37.241-10.756), and sunbeds use (OR = 3.594, 95% CI = 1.288-10.028). Using sunscreen products was considered as a protective factor against MM (OR = 0.253, 95% CI = 0.137-0.466).Conclusion: The primary and secondary prevention increasingly emerges as a public health priority in the effort to reverse the negative trend in cases of MM and mortality from this disease in the Czech Republic. A prerequisite for an effective secondary prevention through screening is, among others, the identification of the population groups at highest risk for MM.

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Trends of cutaneous melanoma in The Netherlands: increasing incidence rates among all Breslow thickness categories and rising mortality rates since 1989

Abstract: Since incidence of melanomas among all Breslow thickness categories increased as well as the mortality rates, the melanoma epidemic in The Netherlands seems to be real and not only due to overdiagnosis.

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Incidence of Melanoma and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer in the Inhabitants of the Upper Silesia, Poland

Incidence of Melanoma and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer in the Inhabitants of the Upper Silesia, Poland

International trends in the incidence of malignant melanoma 1953–2008—are recent generations at higher or lower risk?

Relative Importance of Traditional Risk Factors for Malignant Melanoma in the Czech Population

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