Sex-Based Differences in Melanoma Survival Improvement from 2004 to 2018.

ABSTRACT: Background: Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer and its incidence and mortality vary by sex, age, race, and socioeconomic status. Relatively few studies, however, have characterized disparities in survival improvement across these demographic groups in melanoma.

Methods

Survival data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database were obtained from 2004 to 2018. The compiled data were analyzed for cancer-specific survival (CSS) to produce multivariable Cox regressions that estimate sex-based survival disparities across patient demographic groups. Additionally, time-to-progression and survival analyses were conducted for a cohort of patients with carcinoma-in situ (CIS) that developed into melanoma.

Results

In both female and male patient

SUBMITTER: Shaw VR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11011041 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature