Incidence of Melanoma in the Basque Province of Álava, Spain, From 2015 to 2018: A Descriptive Study.
Estudio descriptivo de los pacientes diagnosticados de melanoma en la provincia de Álava (País Vasco) entre los años 2015 y 2018.
Basque Country
Cohort studies
Epidemiology
Epidemiología
España
Estudios de cohorte
Melanoma
País Vasco
Spain
Journal
Actas dermo-sifiliograficas
ISSN: 1578-2190
Titre abrégé: Actas Dermosifiliogr
Pays: Spain
ID NLM: 0373062
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2022
Feb 2022
Historique:
received:
13
01
2021
revised:
02
06
2021
accepted:
06
06
2021
entrez:
7
3
2022
pubmed:
8
3
2022
medline:
8
3
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The incidence of cutaneous melanoma is rising fast, and its prevalence has doubled in the past 3 decades. Detailed local epidemiological information is essential for informing community-based prevention strategies and optimizing hospital resources. We included all patients diagnosed with cutaneous melanoma at Hospital Universitario Araba in the Basque province of Álava, Spain, between January 2015 and December 2018. We described clinical and pathologic characteristics and calculated annual incidence rates adjusted to the European standard population. A total of 242 new cases of melanoma were diagnosed between 2015 and 2018. The age-standardized annual incidence rose from 12.92 cases per 100 000 population in 2015 to 18.30 cases per 100 000 population in 2018. The incidence of melanoma in our area is higher than that reported for Spanish series in 2017 and 2018. Lentigo maligna accounted for a high proportion of cases and was the second largest histologic subgroup.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35249693
pii: S0001-7310(21)00289-1
doi: 10.1016/j.ad.2021.06.008
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
spa
Pagination
178-182Informations de copyright
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