The Growing Burden of Invasive Melanoma: Projections of Incidence Rates and Numbers of New Cases in Six Susceptible Populations through 2031

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1161-1171

  Whiteman, David C ^a,b   Green, Adele C ^a,b,c   Olsen, Catherine M ^a,b  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; INVASIVE MELANOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; NORWAY; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATION; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GLOBAL HEALTH; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR INVASION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NORWAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978428176     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2016.01.035     Document Type: Article

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