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11311654

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-4-20
pubmed:abstractText
The existence of the EUROCARE database now makes it possible to compare population-based survival for childhood melanoma in different European populations. The database contains verified information, including histological data, from cancer registries in 17 European countries, and as such it represents a particularly important source of survival information on a very rare cancer like childhood melanoma. The aim of the present paper was to describe survival in children with melanoma (MM), by sex, age and subsite, diagnosed during the period 1978--1989, using analysis of the data of the European pool of cases. Five year-survival for childhood MM diagnosed in 1978--1989 in Europe, is relatively good (80%; 95% confidence interval (CI) 47--95 for boys and 78%; 95% CI 58--91 for girls). Analysis by subsite, revealed the survival for MM on the head and neck, legs and arms was generally higher than survival for MM on other cutaneous sites (trunk, neck and scalp). For skin melanomas outcome for girls was better than boys, adjusting for age and sub-site. We suggest that the good survival observed in childhood MM seems to be related to early diagnosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0959-8049
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
780-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Childhood melanoma in Europe since 1978: a population-based survival study.
pubmed:affiliation
Servizio Integrato di Epidemiologia e Sistemi Informativi, Rome, Italy. sioepi@crs.ifo.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't