A new research letter published online by JAMA Dermatology updates information on trends in melanoma incidence and death in the United States since 2009.
Alex M. Glazer, M.D., of the National Society for Cutaneous Medicine, New York, and coauthors report an estimated 76,380 Americans will be diagnosed with melanoma in 2016. They note that:
"The overall burden of disease for melanoma is increasing and rising rates are not simply artifact owing to increased detection of indolent disease," the article concludes.
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( JAMA Dermatology . Published online December 21, 2016. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2016.4512; available pre-embargo at the For The Media website.)
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