Skin cancers in Hawaii (1993).

dc.contributor.authorGoldstein, N
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-02T16:10:21Z
dc.date.available2019-07-02T16:10:21Z
dc.date.issued1993-05
dc.description.abstractBasal cell cancers are the most common of all cancers. They rarely metastasize and very rarely kill. Melanomas, however, do kill! An estimated 20 people in Hawaii will die this year from malignant melanoma. Early diagnosis and treatment can save much morbidity--surgery, scars and other defects--and can save lives. This manuscript reviews melanoma data from several agencies in Hawaii and from the experience of the author's private practice. In his private practice, he has seen the incidence of melanomas jump from an average of one a year in 1970 to 1975 to 7.4 each year between 1986 and 1990. While basal cell cancers and melanomas occur more in Caucasians, they are seen in all races. Everyone can get skin cancer and melanoma. Physicians must teach their patients to Practice Safe Sun--Hawaii.
dc.identifier.issn0017-8594
dc.identifier.pubmed8320090
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10524/62572
dc.language.isoeng
dc.subject.meshAdult
dc.subject.meshAged
dc.subject.meshCarcinoma, Basal Cell/epidemiology
dc.subject.meshCarcinoma, Squamous Cell/epidemiology
dc.subject.meshCross-Sectional Studies
dc.subject.meshEthnic Groups/statistics & numerical data
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshHawaii/epidemiology
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshIncidence
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshMelanoma/epidemiology
dc.subject.meshMiddle Aged
dc.subject.meshRisk Factors
dc.subject.meshSkin Neoplasms/epidemiology
dc.titleSkin cancers in Hawaii (1993).
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.type.dcmiText
prism.number5
prism.pagerange126-8
prism.publicationnameHawaii medical journal
prism.volume52

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