Skin melanoma in Italy: A population-based study on survival and prognostic factors

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 699-704

  Balzi, D ^a,b   Carli, P ^b   Giannotti, B ^c   Buiatti, E ^d  

^a UO di Epidemiologia Presidio per la Prevenzione Oncologica ^*

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d Centro Documentazione per la Salute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032055907     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(97)10119-8     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Parkin DM, Muir CS, Whelan SL, et al. Cancer Incidence in Five Continents, Vol. VI. IARC Scientific publication n. 120. Lyon, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1992.
2. Burton RC, Coates MS, Hersey P, et al. An analysis of a melanoma epidemic. Int J Cancer 1993, 55, 765-770.
3. MacKie RM, Hunter JAA, Aitchinson TC, et al. Malignant melanoma in Scotland 1979-1989. Lancet 1992, 339, 971-975.
4. MacLennan R, Green AC, MacLeod GRC, et al. Increasing incidence of cutaneous melanoma in Queensland, Australia. J Natl Cancer Inst 1992, 84, 1427-1432.
5. Balzi D, Carli P, Geddes M. Malignant melanoma in Europe: changes in mortality rates (1970-90) in European Community countries. Cancer Causes Control 1997, 8, 85-92.
6. Franceschi S, Bidoli E, Prati S, Fascioli S, La Vecchia G. Mortality from skin melanoma in Italy and Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region, 1970-89. Tumori 1994, 80, 251-256.
7. Carli P, Borgognoni L, Biggeri A, Carli S, Reali UM, Giannotti B. Incidence of cutaneous melanoma in the centre of Italy: anatomic site distribution, histologic types and thickness of tumour invasion in a registry-based study. Melanoma Res 1994, 4, 385-390.
8. Stanganelli I, Ascari Raccagni A, Baldassari L, Calista D, Serafini M, Bucchi L. Analysis of Breslow tumour thickness distribution of skin melanoma in the Italian region of Romagna, 1986-1991. Tumori 1994, 80, 416-421.
9. Verdecchia A, Micheli A, Gatta G. Survival of cancer patients in Italy. The Itacare study. Tumori 1997, 83, 1-508.
10. Buiatti E, Amorosi A, Balzi D, et al. Cancer Incidence and Mortality in the Province of Florence 1985-89. Firenze, Regione Toscana, Giunta Regionale Dipartimento della Sanitá e delle Politiche per la Salute, 1985.
11. Buttner P, Garbe C, Bertz J, et al. Primary cutaneous melanoma. Optimized cutoff points of tumour thickness and importance of Clark's level for prognostic classification. Cancer 1995, 75, 2499-2506.
12. Parkin DM, Hakulinen T. Analysis of survival. In Jensen OM, Parkin DM, MacLennan R, Muir CS, Skeet RG, eds. Cancer Registration: Principles and Methods. IARC Scientific Publication no. 95. Lyon, IARC, 1991, 159-176.
13. Hakulinen T, Tenkanen L. Regression analysis of relative survival. Appl Stat 1987, 3, 309-317.
14. Aitkin M, Anderson D, Francis B, Hinde J. Statistical modelling in GLIM. Oxford, Science Publications, 1989.
15. Stidham KR, Johnson LJ, Seigier BF. Survival superiority of females with melanoma. A multivariate analysis of 6383 patients exploring the significance of gender in prognostic outcome. Arch Surg 1994, 129, 316-324.
16. Tillman DM, Aitchinson T, Watt DC, MacKie RM. Stage II melanoma in the West of Scotland, 1976-1985: prognostic factors for survival. Eur J Cancer 1991, 27, 870-876.
17. Karakousis CP, Emrich LJ, Rao U. Tumor thickness and prognosis in clinical stage I malignant melanoma. Cancer 1989, 64, 1432-1436.
18. Helfestein U, Schuler G, Bopp M, Morf S, Schuler D. Exploration of interactions between prognostic factors of stage I malignant melanoma. Melanoma Res 1996, 6, 319-324.
19. Reintgen DS, Paull DE, Seigier BF, Cox EB, McCarty KS. Sex related survival differences in instances of melanoma. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1984, 159, 367-372.
20. Cascinelli N, Morabito A, Bufalino R, et al. Prognosis of stage I melanoma. IntJ Cancer 1980, 26, 733-739.
21. Cohen FJ, Cox E, Manton K, Woodbury M. Malignant melanoma in the elderly. J Clin Oncol 1987, 5, 100-106.
22. Schucther L, Schultz DJ, Synnestvedt M, et al. A prognostic model for predicting 10-year survival in patients with primary melanoma. Ann Intern Med 1996, 125, 369-375.
23. Karjalainen S, Hakulinen T. Survival and prognostic factors of patients with skin melanoma. A regression-model analysis based on nationwide cancer registry data. Cancer 1988, 62, 2274-2280.
24. Meyskens FL, Berdeaux DH, Parks B, Tong T, Loecher L, Moon TE. Cutaneous malignant melanoma (Arizona Cancer Center Experience). Natural history and prognostic factors influencing survival in patients with stage I disease. Cancer 1988, 62, 1207-1214.
25. Garbe C, Buttner P, Bertz J, et al. Primary cutaneous melanoma: identification of prognostic groups and estimation of individual prognosis for 5093 patients. Cancer 1995, 75, 2484-2491.