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10461314

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-9-24
pubmed:abstractText
A study about the incidence of malignant melanoma in Puerto Rico during the calendar year 1996 was carried out compiling the information submitted by pathological reports to the Puerto Rico Cancer Registry and identifying similar reports at other pathology laboratories. A total of 107 new cases were documented in 1996, resulting in an incidence of 3.03 (+/- 17.9) per 100,000 persons for that particular year. The age of the patients fluctuated between 19 and 88 years with a mean of 61.3 years, most of them being between 50 and 80 years. More than half of the cases (54.2%) were located in the head and neck, and the extremities. Thickness measurement of the neoplasm was reported in only 42% of the cases. In 60% of those cases in which the tumor thickness was reported, it was found to be less than 1.49 mm. Previous data in Puerto Rico from the years 1981 to 1986 had shown a tendency to an increase in the incidence of melanoma per 100,000 inhabitants rising 1.20 to 1.52 respectively. The present study reflects a continuation of the same pattern, with a two-fold increase in the last 10 years (from 1.52 to 3.03).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0738-0658
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
95-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Malignant melanoma in Puerto Rico: an update.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine Universidad Central del Carbie School of Medcine, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, 00960-6032.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study