Incidence of surgically treated uveal melanoma by race and ethnicity

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1087-1090

  Margo, Curtis E ^a,c   Mulla, Zuber ^b   Billiris, Karina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Watson Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 0031835834     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)96012-2     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. SAS Language and Procedures: Usage, Version 6, 1st ed., Cary, NC: SAS Institute, 1989.
2. International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, 2nd ed. In: Percy C, Van Holten V, Muir C, eds. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1990.
3. Office of Budget and Planning, Office of the Governor, State of Florida, Tallahassee, FL.
4. Florida Vital Statistics, Office of Vital Statistics, Department of Health and Human Resources, State of Florida, Jacksonville, FL.
5. Smith SK, Nogle JM. Hispanic population estimates by age and sex for Florida and its counties, April 1, 1995. Special Population Report, No. 4, August 1996, Bureau of Economic and Business Research, University of Florida.
6. Cancer Incidence in North America, 1989-1993. In: Howe H, Lehnherr M, eds. Sacramento, North American Association of Central Cancer Registries Publication, 1997, Vol. 1, pp. II-31-II-35.
7. Abrahamsson M. Malignant melanoma of the choroid and the ciliary body 1956-1975 in Halland and Gothenburg. Incidence, histopathology and prognosis. Acta Ophthalmol (Copenh) 1983;61:600-10.
8. Birdsell JM, Gunther BK, Boyd TA, et al. Ocular melanoma: a population-based study. Can J Ophthalmol 1980;15:9-12.
9. Ganley JP, Comstock GW. Benign nevi and malignant melanomas of the choroid. Am J Ophthalmol 1973;76:19-25.
10. Jensen OA. Malignant melanomas of the human uvea: 25-year follow-up of cases in Denmark, 1943-1952. Acta Ophthalmol (Copenh) 1982;60:161-82.
11. Mork T. Malignant neoplasms of the eye in Norway: incidence, treatment and prognosis. Acta Ophthalmol (Copenh) 1961;39:824-31.
12. Shammas HF, Blodi FC. Prognostic factors in choroidal and ciliary body melanomas. Arch Ophthalmol 1977;95:63-9.
13. Wilkes SR, Robertson DM, Kurland LT, Campbell RJ. Incidence of uveal malignant melanoma in the resident population of Rochester and Olmstead County, Minnesota. Am J Ophthalmol 1979;87:639-41.
14. Scotto J, Fraumeni JF Jr, Lee JA. Melanomas of the eye and other noncutaneous sites: epidemiologic aspects. J Natl Cancer Inst 1976;56:489-91.
15. Margo CE, McLean IW. Malignant melanoma of the choroid and ciliary body in black patients. Arch Ophthalmol 1984;102:77-9.
16. Phillpotts BA, Sanders RJ, Shields JS, Griffiths JD, Augsburger JA, Shields CL. Uveal melanomas in black patients: a case series and comparative review. J Natl Med Assoc 1995;87:709-14.
17. Miller B, Abrahams C, Cole GC, Procter NS. Ocular malignant melanoma in South African blacks. Br J Ophthalmol 1981;65:720-2.
18. Egan KM, Seddon JM, Glynn RJ, et al. Epidemiologic aspects of uveal melanoma. Surv Ophthalmol 1988; 32:239-51.
19. Hahn RA. The state of federal health statistics on racial and ethnic groups. JAMA 1992;267:268-71.
20. Hahn RA, Mulinare J, Teutsch SM. Inconsistencies in coding of race and ethnicity between birth and death in US infants. A new look at infant mortality, 1983 through 1985. JAMA 1992;267:259-63.
21. Hudson HL, Valluri S, Rao NA. Choroidal melanomas in Hispanic patients. Am J Ophthalmol 1994;118:57-62.
22. Swallen KC, West DW, Stewart SL, et al. Predictors of misclassification of Hispanic ethnicity in a population-based cancer registry. Ann Epidemiol 1997;7:200-6.
23. Kaneko A. Incidence of malignant melanoma of the eye in Japan, 1972-1976. J Clin Ophthalmol 1979;33:941-7.
24. Kuo PK, Puliafito CA, Wang KM, et al. Uveal melanoma in China. Int Ophthalmol Clin 1982;22:57-71.
25. Black WC, Wiggins C. Melanoma among southwestern American Indians. Cancer 1985;55:2899-902.
26. Wells CG, Bradford RH, Fish GE, et al. Choroidal melanomas in American Indians. COMS Group. Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study. Arch Ophthalmol 1996;114: 1017-8.
27. Lee JA, Strickland D. Malignant melanoma: social status and outdoor work. Br J Cancer 1980;41:757-63.
28. Trapido EJ, Chen F, Davis K, et al. Cancer in south Florida Hispanic women. A 9-year assessment. Arch Intern Med 1994;154:1083-8.
29. Crews DE, Bindon JR. Ethnicity as a taxonomic tool in biomedical and biosocial research. Ethn Dis 1991;1:42-9.