Trends of mortality from cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) between 1960 and 1999 in several European countries and the European Union (EU) as a whole have been reviewed, using death certification data for skin cancer available from the World Health Organization. Separate analyses were performed for young (i.e., age 20-44 years) and middle-aged (i.e., age 45-64 years) adults, among whom around 80-90% of skin cancer deaths are attributable to CMM. After steady rises between 1960 and 1990, skin cancer rates among young adults have tended to decline since the mid-1990s in several European countries, with a fall of 14% in men and of 11% in women in the EU as a whole. In middle-aged adults, the trends were less favourable, although mortality started to level off since the mid-1990s. Thus, our data provide further evidence of an improvement of CMM mortality trends in recent years in several European countries. The particularly favourable trends in young people suggest that a further decline in mortality from CMM in Europe is likely to occur within the next few years.
Mortality from cutaneous malignant melanoma in Europe : has the epidemic levelled off? / C. Bosetti, C. La Vecchia, L. Naldi, F. Lucchini, E. Negri, F. Levi. - In: MELANOMA RESEARCH. - ISSN 0960-8931. - 14:4(2004 Aug), pp. 301-309.
Titolo: | Mortality from cutaneous malignant melanoma in Europe : has the epidemic levelled off? |
Autori: | LA VECCHIA, CARLO VITANTONIO BATTISTA (Secondo) |
Parole Chiave: | Europe; Melanoma; Mortality; Trends |
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore MED/01 - Statistica Medica |
Data di pubblicazione: | ago-2004 |
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Tipologia: | Article (author) |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.cmr.0000136710.75287.1c |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01 - Articolo su periodico |