Changing epidemiology of malignant cutaneous melanoma in Europe 1953-1997: Rising trends in incidence and mortality but recent stabilizations in western Europe and decreases in Scandinavia

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 119-126

  De Vries, Esther ^a,b   Bray, Freddie I ^a   Coebergh, Jan Willem W ^b,c   Parkin, Donald M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cutaneous melanoma; Europe; Incidence; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIRTH; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EUROPE; EXCISION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCANDINAVIA; SKIN CANCER; SUNBURN; TIME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0041412922     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11360     Document Type: Article

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