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J Rubió-Casadevall1,2,3, M Puig-Vives4,5, M Puigdemont4,6,7
1Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Josep Trueta, Catalan Institute of Oncology of Girona, Av. França s/n, 17005, Girona, Spain. jrubio@iconcologia.net.
Introduction:
We conducted a population-based study on the Girona Cancer Registry (Spain) for the period 1994-2013 to determine patterns of change in the incidence of melanoma, which is increasing in many countries, and patient survival in our geographical area.
Materials And Methods:
Using the standard registration rules for cancer registries, we calculated crude and standardized incidence rates as well as their trends. We also analysed the observed survival, 1-year conditioned survival and relative survival at 3, 5 and 10 years.
Results:
Our crude incidence rate was 9.13 cases/100,000 inhabitants for invasive and 2.59 for "in situ" melanomas. A statistically significant increase in incidence was found for melanomas of less than 1 mm in Breslow index and in males. 10-year observed and relative survival rates were 64.1 and 83.1%, respectively.
Conclusions:
We found an increasing trend in the incidence of low-risk melanoma and a survival rate similar to that reported elsewhere in Europe.
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