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2080958

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-5-6
pubmed:abstractText
An epidemiological study of malignant melanoma in Puerto Rico was done by reviewing the Puerto Rico Cancer Registry for all melanoma cases reported between the years 1981 to 1987. A total of 367 new cases were documented with the annual incidence ranging from 1.20 to 2.12 per 100,000 inhabitants with a mean of 1.59. Most of the patients were between 40 and 80 years of age with a peak in the sixties. Nearly one half of the tumors were located on the extremities, most notably on the feet, sharing this predilection with Blacks and Japanese. The most frequently recognized clinico-histologic type was the superficial spreading melanoma followed by the acral lentiginous, the nodular and the lentigo maligna melanoma. Nearly one third of the total cases were not classified according to the histologic type, while Clark's levels and Breslow's thickness were not reported in 44 and 84% of the cases, respectively. When compared to a previous study during 1977 to 1980, the average annual incidence of new cases increased from 0.92 to 1.59 per 100,000 documenting an increased incidence of the condition in our population, but not as significant as that registered in the United States.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0004-4849
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
82
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
454-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
[Malignant melanoma in Puerto Rico].
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Dermatología, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Escuela de Medicina.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract