Pediatric, Adolescent Melanoma Uptick Seen in Finland
Source: AJMC, July 2022
Although melanoma incidence has been reported in Europe overall for the past several decades, specific numbers on the cancer’s incidence in Finland, as well as disease trends, have remained unknown.
Cutaneous melanoma is on the rise in Finland, according to new study findings published in Annals of Medicine.
Over a 24-year period (1990-2014), the study authors investigated the incidences of pediatric and adolescent melanoma. Their retrospective analysis included data from the Finnish Cancer Registry (FCR) on 122 patients who received a diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma between ages 0 and 19 years. Time-related differences were evaluated by years 1990 to 2002 and 2003 to 2014.