Prospective observational studies have shown previously that study participants have lower
morbidity and mortality than non-participants. The aim of the current study was to determine …

A systematic meta-analysis of observational studies of melanoma and one of the most
important risk factors, the number of naevi, was conducted in order to clarify aspects of the …

Background Although numerous studies have evaluated risk factors associated with
cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM), no such study has been carried out in Belgium …

The incidence of cutaneous malignant melanoma steadily increased between 1940 and
1990 in both sexes. However, this increase appears to have peaked in females in Scotland …

Purpose We developed a model to estimate the 5-year absolute risk of melanoma to
efficiently identify individuals at increased risk of melanoma for potential interventions …

Methods Data regarding incidence and mortality published in the literature and on the
Internet were reviewed and analyzed. Results In France, between 1980 and 2000, the …

The aim of this study was to provide further quantitative data on the risk of second
nonmelanoma cancers in patients with cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM). A cohort of …

Background The reproducibility of a self-administered questionnaire on different
epidemiologlcal vanables was examined in a random sample of a cohort of healthy women …

The incidence rates of cutaneous melanoma are continually rising in the Caucasian
population with the highest rates in Australia and New Zealand. The genesis of melanoma is …

Methods We conducted a 5-year cohort study among 1020 patients from the same
geographic area (Rome) with a single primary cutaneous melanoma diagnosed between …