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7950359

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-12-8
pubmed:abstractText
Incident cases of in situ and invasive cutaneous malignant melanoma diagnosed during 1975-90 were identified through the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program. We studied the 32,868 white subjects diagnosed with melanoma, who were living in nine cancer registry areas covering approximately 10% of the population of the USA. The summer-to-winter ratio, defined as the ratio of the number of melanomas diagnosed during June to August (summer), to the number of melanomas diagnosed during December to February (winter), was determined according to gender, stage, histologic type and anatomic site. Summer-to-winter ratios were 1.47 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.37-1.58) for in situ; 1.43 (95% CI 1.38-1.48) for local stage; 1.24 (95% CI 1.12-1.38) for regional stage; and 0.95 (95% CI 0.82-1.11) for distant stage melanoma. For the melanomas staged as local at diagnosis (86% of the invasive melanomas staged), a July peak was observed. For each of the major histological types of local stage melanoma, summer-to-winter ratios were significantly elevated in men (range 1.24-1.41) and women (range 1.44-1.90). For the major anatomic sites (including the head and neck, which are exposed throughout the year) of local stage melanoma, summer-to-winter ratios were elevated for men (range 1.28-1.45) and for women (range 1.31-1.75).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0960-8931
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
235-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Seasonal variation in frequency of diagnosis of cutaneous malignant melanoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article