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==Overview== | |||
==Epidemiology and Demographics== | |||
Around 160,000 new cases of melanoma are diagnosed worldwide each year, and it is more frequent in males and caucasians.<ref name="Stat">Ries LAG, et al, eds. SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2000. Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute; 2003: Tables XVI-1-9.</ref> It is more common in caucasian populations living in sunny climates than other groups.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Parkin D, Bray F, Ferlay J, Pisani P | title = Global cancer statistics, 2002. | journal = CA Cancer J Clin | volume = 55 | issue = 2 | pages = 74-108 | year = | id = PMID 15761078}}''[http://caonline.amcancersoc.org/cgi/content/full/55/2/74 Full text]''</ref> | |||
According to the [[WHO]] Report about 48,000 melanoma related deaths occur worldwide per annum.<ref name="who1">Lucas, R. Global Burden of Disease of Solar Ultraviolet Radiation, Environmental Burden of Disease Series, July 25, 2006; No. 13. News release, World Health Organization</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Around 160,000 new cases of melanoma are diagnosed worldwide each year, and it is more frequent in males and caucasians.[1] It is more common in caucasian populations living in sunny climates than other groups.[2] According to the WHO Report about 48,000 melanoma related deaths occur worldwide per annum.[3]
References
- ↑ Ries LAG, et al, eds. SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2000. Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute; 2003: Tables XVI-1-9.
- ↑ Parkin D, Bray F, Ferlay J, Pisani P. "Global cancer statistics, 2002". CA Cancer J Clin. 55 (2): 74–108. PMID 15761078.Full text
- ↑ Lucas, R. Global Burden of Disease of Solar Ultraviolet Radiation, Environmental Burden of Disease Series, July 25, 2006; No. 13. News release, World Health Organization