The gender-related issues in malignant melanoma.

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dc.contributor.authorRigel, D S
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-02T16:10:16Z
dc.date.available2019-07-02T16:10:16Z
dc.date.issued1993-05
dc.description.abstractThe problem of malignant melanoma is important in the United States, in the world as a whole, and particularly in Hawaii with its high levels of ultraviolet radiation. It is estimated that 32,000 Americans will develop melanoma and 6,800 will die of this tumor in 1993. Melanoma is now the seventh most frequent cancer in the United States. It is more common than ovarian, cervical, CNS cancer and leukemia. Both incidence and mortality from melanoma are rapidly increasing. The incidence of melanoma has consistently increased 6% a year and the death rate has increased 2% a year since 1950. At current rates, one in 400 will die of this tumor. Should this rate of increase continue, by the year 2000, it is estimated that one in 75 Americans will develop melanoma during a lifetime. The highest melanoma incidence in the U.S. is found in Hawaii. Melanoma is increasing faster than any other cancer in the United States and all over the world.
dc.identifier.issn0017-8594
dc.identifier.pubmed8320089
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10524/62571
dc.language.isoeng
dc.subject.meshAdult
dc.subject.meshAge Factors
dc.subject.meshCause of Death
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshMelanoma/mortality
dc.subject.meshMiddle Aged
dc.subject.meshNeoplasms, Radiation-Induced/mortality
dc.subject.meshPrognosis
dc.subject.meshSex Factors
dc.subject.meshSkin Neoplasms/mortality
dc.subject.meshSunlight/adverse effects
dc.subject.meshSurvival Rate
dc.titleThe gender-related issues in malignant melanoma.
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.type.dcmiText
prism.number5
prism.pagerange124, 146
prism.publicationnameHawaii medical journal
prism.volume52

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