Author, as appears in the article.: Podlipnik S; Carrera C; Boada A; Richarz N; Marcoval J; Ferreres JR; Bodet D; Martí RM; Segura S; Sabat M; Dalmau J; Quintana M; Azon A; Curcó N; Formigon M; Olivella-Garcés MR; Zaballos P; Sola J; Galvany L; Baliu-Piqué C; Alegre M; Pasquali P; Malvehy J; Puig S; On Behalf Of The Network Of Melanoma Centres Of Catalonia
Department: Medicina i Cirurgia
URV's Author/s: Zaballos Diego, Pedro
Keywords: Spain Skin cancer Population-based study Melanoma Incidence Epidemiology
Abstract: The incidence of melanoma has been increasing worldwide during recent decades. The objective of the study was to analyse the trends in incidence for in situ and invasive melanoma in the Spanish region of Catalonia during the period of 2008-2017. We designed a cross-sectional study with an age-period-cohort analysis of melanoma patient data from the Network of Melanoma Centres in Catalonia. Our database covered a population of over seven million and included a total of 8626 patients with incident melanoma. The main outcome measures were crude and age-standardised incidence rates to the European 2013 standard population. Joinpoint regression models were used to evaluate the population trends. We observed an increase in the age-standardised incidence rate (per 100,000 population) of all melanoma subtypes from 11.56 in 2008 to 13.78 in 2017 with an average annual percent change (AAPC) of 3.5%. This incidence increase was seen exclusively in the older population. Moreover, the stratified analysis showed a statistically significant increase in the age-standardised incidence rate for invasive (AAPC 2.1%) and in situ melanoma (AAPC 6.5%). In conclusion, the incidence of melanoma has continued to increase in the elderly population over recent decades, with a rapidly increasing trend of in situ melanomas and the lentigo maligna subtype.
Thematic Areas: Medicine, general & internal Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicine (all)
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: pedro.zaballos@urv.cat
Record's date: 2024-09-07
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/11/3396
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Journal Of Clinical Medicine. 9 (11): E3396-11
APA: Podlipnik S; Carrera C; Boada A; Richarz N; Marcoval J; Ferreres JR; Bodet D; Martí RM; Segura S; Sabat M; Dalmau J; Quintana M; Azon A; Curcó N; Form (2020). Incidence of Melanoma in Catalonia, Spain, Is Rapidly Increasing in the Elderly Population. Journal Of Clinical Medicine, 9(11), E3396-11. DOI: 10.3390/jcm9113396
Article's DOI: 10.3390/jcm9113396
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2020
Publication Type: Journal Publications