Melanoma cases rise despite unchanging mortality rate

Source: Healio, May 2024

Key takeaways:

• From 1999 to 2019, the incidence of invasive melanoma cases increased by 2.5-fold.
• Mortality varied slightly over the years but did not yield a significant trend.

Researchers found an inexplicable rise of melanoma incidences despite an unchanging mortality rate, according to a study.

“From 1990 through 2019, the age-standardized incidence of cutaneous melanoma increased globally on average by 1.13% per year, while the age-standardized mortality declined by 0.27%,” Jesper Bo Nielsen, MSc, PhD, professor of risk analysis and risk communication in the research unit of general practice at University of Southern Denmark, and colleagues wrote. “This discrepancy is not well explained.”
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