TY - JOUR
T1 - Increasing incidence of melanoma among young adults
T2 - An epidemiological study in Olmsted County, Minnesota
AU - Reed, Kurtis B.
AU - Brewer, Jerry D.
AU - Lohse, Christine M.
AU - Bringe, Kariline E.
AU - Pruitt, Crystal N.
AU - Gibson, Lawrence E.
N1 - Funding Information:
Grant Support: A portion of this work was supported in party by National Institutes of Health grant and the Rochester Epidemiology Project (grant number R01-AG034676 ; Principal Investigator: Walter A. Rocca, MD, MPH). Dr Brewer is a recipient of a Dermatology Foundation Career Development Award for the study of lymphoma-associated skin cancer.
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - Objective: To identify the change in the incidence of cutaneous melanoma over time among young adults. Patients and Methods: Using Rochester Epidemiology Project data, we identified patients aged 18 to 39 years who had a first lifetime diagnosis of melanoma from January 1, 1970, through December 31, 2009, in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Demographic and clinical information, including survival, was abstracted, and estimates of the incidence of melanoma and overall and disease-specific survival were generated. Results: From 1970 to 2009, the incidence of melanoma increased by 8-fold among young women and 4-fold among young men. Overall and disease-specific survival seemed to improve over time; hazard ratios comparing year of diagnosis with mortality were 0.92 and 0.91, respectively. Conclusion: The incidence of cutaneous melanoma among young adults is rapidly increasing, especially among women. Continued close monitoring of this high-risk population is necessary.
AB - Objective: To identify the change in the incidence of cutaneous melanoma over time among young adults. Patients and Methods: Using Rochester Epidemiology Project data, we identified patients aged 18 to 39 years who had a first lifetime diagnosis of melanoma from January 1, 1970, through December 31, 2009, in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Demographic and clinical information, including survival, was abstracted, and estimates of the incidence of melanoma and overall and disease-specific survival were generated. Results: From 1970 to 2009, the incidence of melanoma increased by 8-fold among young women and 4-fold among young men. Overall and disease-specific survival seemed to improve over time; hazard ratios comparing year of diagnosis with mortality were 0.92 and 0.91, respectively. Conclusion: The incidence of cutaneous melanoma among young adults is rapidly increasing, especially among women. Continued close monitoring of this high-risk population is necessary.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.01.010
DO - 10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.01.010
M3 - Article
C2 - 22469345
AN - SCOPUS:84859864602
SN - 0025-6196
VL - 87
SP - 328
EP - 334
JO - Mayo Clinic proceedings
JF - Mayo Clinic proceedings
IS - 4
ER -