The Rapid Rise in Cutaneous Melanoma Diagnoses

N Engl J Med. 2021 Jan 7;384(1):72-79. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsb2019760.

Authors

H Gilbert Welch¹, Benjamin L Mazer¹, Adewole S Adamson¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston (H.G.W.); the Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (B.L.M.); and the Division of Dermatology, Dell Medical School, University of Texas, Austin (A.S.A.).

PMID: 33406334
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsb2019760

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MeSH terms

Biopsy / trends
Diagnostic Errors
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Mass Screening / economics
Mass Screening / standards*
Mass Screening / trends
Medical Overuse / trends*
Melanoma / diagnosis
Melanoma / epidemiology*
Melanoma / mortality
Melanoma / pathology
Risk Factors
Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis
Skin Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Skin Neoplasms / mortality
Skin Neoplasms / pathology
Sunbathing / trends
Sunburn / complications
Sunlight / adverse effects
Ultraviolet Rays / adverse effects*
United States / epidemiology