Evaluation of Sex-Specific Incidence of Melanoma.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Men and women develop melanoma at different rates on different body sites, with variation across countries, but explanations for these disparities remain elusive.

Objective

To test whether observed differences in melanoma incidence between men and women vary by population, age, or anatomic site.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis of sex- and site-specific temporal trends in melanoma incidence over 3 decades was conducted for men and women diagnosed with invasive melanoma in the US (limited to white race), Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. Using cancer registry data, male to female incidence rate ratios (IRRs) were calculated overall and by anatomic site, and Joinpoint regression models were used to estimate the annual percent

SUBMITTER: Olsen CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7097866 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature