Strong seasonality in the diagnosis of skin melanoma in Italy: The Italian Network of Cancer Registries (AIRTUM) study

Tumori

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 665-668

  Crocetti, Emanuele ^a   Guzzinati, Stefano ^b   Paci, Eugenio ^a   Falcini, Fabio ^c   Zanetti, Roberto ^d   Vercelli, Marina ^e   Rashid, Ivan ^f   De Lisi, Vincenzo ^g   Russo, Antonio ^h   Vitarelli, Susanna ⁱ   Ferretti, Stefano ^j   Mangone, Lucia ^k   Cesaraccio, Rosaria ^l   Tumino, Rosario ^m   Busco, Susanna ⁿ   Buzzoni, Carlotta ^o  

^a ISPO   (Italy)

^b VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^g Ospedale di Parma   (Italy)

^h National Health Service   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^j Istituto di Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

^k PATHOLOGY UNIT   (Italy)

^l Centro di Osservazione Epidemiologica Multizonale   (Italy)

^m CIVILE M P AREZZO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁿ Azienda USL Latina   (Italy)

^o Italian Association of Cancer Registries Data bank   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Melanoma; Population based; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 76349105721     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160909500604     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Polednak AP: Seasonal patterns in the diagnosis of malignant melanoma of skin and eye in upstate New York. Cancer, 54: 2587-2594, 1984.
2. Swerdlow AJ: Seasonality of presentation of cutaneous melanoma, squamous cell cancer and basal cell cancer in the Oxford Region. Br J Cancer, 52: 893-900, 1985.
3. Schwartz SM, Armstrong BK, Weiss NS: Seasonal variation in the incidence of cutaneous malignant melanoma: an analysis by body site and histologic types. Am J Epidemiol, 126: 104-111, 1987.
4. Braun MM, Tucker MA, Devesa SS, Hoover RN: Seasonal variation in frequency of diagnosis of cutaneous malignant melanoma. Melanoma Res, 4: 235-241, 1994.
5. Lambe M, Blomqvist R Bellocco R: Seasonal variation in the diagnosis of cancer: a study based on national cancer registration in Sweden. Br J Cancer, 88: 1358-1360, 2003.
6. Schmid-Wendtner M-H, Baumert J, Plewig G, Volkenandt M: Seasonal variations in the diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma. J Am Acad Dermatol, 50: 79-682, 2004.
7. Boniol M, De Vries E, Coebergh JW, Doré J-F, the EUROCARE Working Group: Seasonal variation in the occurrence of cutaneous melanoma in Europe: influence of latitude. An analysis using the EUROCARE group of registries. Eur J Cancer, 41: 126-132, 2005.
8. Boniol M, Armstrong BK, Doré J-F: Variation in incidence and fatality of melanoma by season of diagnosis in New South Wales, Australia. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 15: 524-528, 2006.
9. Scotto J, Nam JM: Skin melanoma and seasonal pattern. Am J Epidemiol, 111: 309-314, 1980.
10. Quatresooz P, Piérard-Franchimont C, Piérard GE: Space-time clustering and seasonality in diagnosing skin cancer in Wallonia (south-west Belgium) Dermatology, 217: 48-51, 2008.
11. Crocetti E, Carli P: Seasonal variation in the diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma and non-cutaneous malignancies: an Italian population-based study. Melanoma Res, 15: 69-72, 2005.
12. Nikolaou V, Stratigos AJ, Antoniou C, Sypsa V, Stefanaki I, Papadopoulos O, Danopoulou I, Hampsas G, Plaka M, Polydorou D, Katsambas AD: Seasonal pattern of the diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma: a hospital-based study in a Mediterranean country. Int J Dermatol, 46: 1136-1140, 2007.
13. AIRTUM Working group: Italian cancer figures - report 2006. Incidence, mortality and estimates. Epidemiol Prev 30, 2006 suppl 2.
14. Walter SD, Elwood JM: A test for the seasonality of events with a variable population at risk. Br J Prevent Soc Med, 29: 18-21, 1975.
15. Akslen LA, Hartveit F: Cutaneous melanoma - season and invasion? A preliminary report. Acta Derm Venereol, 68: 390-394, 1988.
16. Tronnier M, Smolle J, Wolff HH: Ultraviolet irradiation induces acute changes in melanocytic nevi. J Invest Dermatol, 104: 475-478, 1995.
17. Stanganelli I, Rafanelli S, Bucchi L: Seasonal prevalence of digital epiluminescence microscopy patterns in acquired melanocytic nevi. J Am Acad Dermatol, 34: 460-464, 1996.