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===Age=== | ===Age=== | ||
This type of cancer occurs | This type of cancer occurs more common in Caucasians between 60 and 80 years of age. | ||
===Gender=== | ===Gender=== | ||
It occurs about twice as often in males as in females. | It occurs about twice as often in males as in females. | ||
===Incidence=== | ===Incidence=== | ||
There are roughly 1200 new cases diagnosed a year in the United States, compared to 60,000 new cases of [[melanoma]] and over 1 million new cases of [[skin cancer|nonmelanoma skin cancer]]. <ref>{{cite journal | author = Hodgson NC. | title = Merkel cell carcinoma: Changing incidence trends. | journal = Journal of surgical oncology | volume = 89 | issue = 1 | pages = 1-4 | year = 2005}}</ref> | There are roughly 1200 new cases diagnosed a year in the United States, compared to 60,000 new cases of [[melanoma]] and over 1 million new cases of [[skin cancer|nonmelanoma skin cancer]]. <ref>{{cite journal | author = Hodgson NC. | title = Merkel cell carcinoma: Changing incidence trends. | journal = Journal of surgical oncology | volume = 89 | issue = 1 | pages = 1-4 | year = 2005}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Age
This type of cancer occurs more common in Caucasians between 60 and 80 years of age.
Gender
It occurs about twice as often in males as in females.
Incidence
There are roughly 1200 new cases diagnosed a year in the United States, compared to 60,000 new cases of melanoma and over 1 million new cases of nonmelanoma skin cancer. [1]
References
- ↑ Hodgson NC. (2005). "Merkel cell carcinoma: Changing incidence trends". Journal of surgical oncology. 89 (1): 1–4.