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2786135

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-6-26
pubmed:abstractText
Two thousand, six hundred and sixty-nine persons who were aged 40 years and older attended for examination of the light-exposed areas of the head and neck, forearms and dorsa of the hands during a skin-cancer survey of the population of Maryborough, which was conducted annually for five years from 1982-1986 inclusive. Sixty (2.25%) persons--12 persons each with a squamous-cell carcinoma and 48 persons with a total of 51 basal-cell carcinomas--had at least one non-melanocytic skin cancer at the first examination. One thousand, nine hundred and eighty-one (74% of the study population) persons were seen on more than one occasion, which allowed for 6288 person-years of follow-up for the determination of the incidence of new cancers. The findings showed a calculated minimal age-standardized incidence rate of 873 non-melanocytic skin cancers/100,000 population each year. The minimal incidence rate for basal-cell carcinomas was 672 cases/100,000 population each year and for squamous-cell carcinomas was 201 cases/100,000 population each year. The rate ratio of the incidence of basal-cell carcinomas to that of squamous-cell carcinomas was 3.34 to one. Age, sex, skin reaction to sunlight and occupation all were significant factors in the determination of the risk of developing non-melanocytic skin cancers. The enormous costs that are involved in the treatment of non-melanocytic skin cancers and related lesions suggest that more time, effort and money need to be spent to reduce what has become a major public-health problem in Australia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0025-729X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
150
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
475-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
The incidence of non-melanocytic skin cancers in an Australian population: results of a five-year prospective study.
pubmed:affiliation
Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria, South Carlton.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't