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- Title
Trends in Survival From Malignant Melanoma: Remarkable Improvement in 23 Years.
- Authors
Thörn, Magnus; Adami, Hans-Olov; Bergström, Reinhold; Ringborg, Ulrik; Krusemo, Ulla Brith
- Abstract
Trends in incidence of and mortality and survival from malignant melanoma in Sweden for 1960 through 1982 were analyzed. Incidence rates increased annually by 5.4% for females and by 5.8% for males, whereas mortality rates increased annually by 2.7% for females and 3.3% for males. For females, the 5-year relative survival (RS) rates increased by ˜ 15 percentage points before 1970. In contrast, males before 1970 had a successive improvement in RS rates of 4.6–8.2 percentage points for each 5-year period of diagnosis. Multlvariate analyses revealed that during the study period the malignant melanoma-specific hazard decreased by 71% [95% confidence interval (CI)=59%–79%] for females and by 64% (95% CI=54%-73%) for males during the first 5 years of follow-up. [J Natl Cancer Inst 81:611–617, 1989]
- Publication
JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1989, Vol 81, Issue 8, p611
- ISSN
0027-8874
- Publication type
Article