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- Title
Cutaneous Melanoma, Hodgkin's Lymphoma and non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Common Risk Factors?
- Authors
Allam, Mohamed Farouk; Fernández-Crehuet Serrano, Pablo; Fernández-Crehuet Serrano, José Luis; Elaziz, Khaled Mahmoud Abd; Serrano Del Castillo, Amparo; Navajas, Rafael Fernández-Crehuet; Serrano, Pablo Fernández-Crehuet; Serrano, José Luis Fernández-Crehuet; Abd Elaziz, Khaled Mahmoud; Del Castillo, Amparo Serrano
- Abstract
<bold>Aim: </bold>An epidemiological cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the association between cutaneous melanoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 40 European countries.<bold>Methods: </bold>Incidence rates were obtained from the database of the International Agency for Research of Cancer (IARC). We analyzed age-adjusted and gender-stratified incidence rates for cutaneous melanoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 40 European countries. All European countries included had registration systems that fulfilled the quality criteria of IARC. Normal distribution of the variables was examined using Kolmorov-Smirnov test before calculating their correlations using Pearson's Correlation test.<bold>Results: </bold>In males, positive correlations were found between cutaneous melanoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma (r=0.14, p=0.38), and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (r=0.64, p<0.001). In females, negative correlation was found between cutaneous melanoma and Hodgkin's lymphoma (r=0.28, p=0.08), however, positive correlation was found between cutaneous melanoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (r=0.72, p<0.001).<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Our findings raise the hypothesis about common risk factors for cutaneous melanoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. New epidemiological and genetic studies are needed to identify possible common risk factors.
- Subjects
EUROPE; HODGKIN'S disease; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research; MELANOMA; ETIOLOGY of diseases; LYMPHOMAS; DISEASE incidence; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Central European Journal of Public Health, 2015, Vol 23, Issue 2, p119
- ISSN
1210-7778
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.21101/cejph.a4090