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"Epidemic" of Malignant Melanoma
True Increase or Better Detection?
Lynne Lamberg
JAMA. 2002;287:2201.
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New Orleans—In 1930, an American's lifetime risk of developing invasive malignant melanoma (MM) was estimated to be one in 1500. Today, the estimated risk is 1 in 68.
An estimated 53 600 Americans will be diagnosed as having invasive MM this year, and 7400 Americans are expected to die of this disease, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). The ACS reports that MM is the fifth most common cancer in men and sixth most common in women. These data exclude in situ MM, which will be diagnosed in an estimated 34 300 Americans, and basal- and squamous-cell skin cancers.
The apparent rise in incidence of MM reflects a true increase in the disease, some specialists say. Others contend it is an artifact of more intensive recent surveillance. A debate at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) here examined this controversy.
RIGEL SAYS IT'S REAL
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