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Annals of Oncology 15:5-6, 2004
© 2004 European Society for Medical Oncology

Cancer of the skin: a forgotten problem in Europe

Peter Boyle1, Jean-Francois Doré2, Phillipe Autier3 and Ulrik Ringborg4

1 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, European Institute of Oncology, Via Ripamonti 435, 20141 Milan, Italy; 2 INSERM U590, 28 rue Laennec, 69373 Lyon, France; 3 CRP-Santé, rue Dicks 18, 1417 Luxembourg; 4 Department of Oncology, The Radiumhemmet, Karolinska Hospital/Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (*Email: director.epi@ieo.it)

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Skin cancer is conventionally separated into two categories: melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC). Cutaneous melanoma, which comprises over 90% of all melanoma, is divided into three major histological types. The majority of melanomas in white-skinned populations are superficial spreading and nodular melanomas. Lentigo maligna melanoma (Hutchinson’s melanotic freckle) occurs later in life than the other types and more specifically on exposed sites. Acral lentiginous melanoma has not been studied epidemiologically: it is rare in white-skinned populations although it comprises a substantial proportion of melanomas in Japan [1]. Non-melanoma skin cancers are generally considered as squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) and basal cell carcinomas (BCC).

There is much more known about the epidemiology of melanoma than non-melanoma skin cancers. It is estimated that in 2000 there were 132 000 cases of melanoma diagnosed world-wide and 37 000 deaths . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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