Racial and ethnic differences in tumor characteristics and overall survival of women with melanoma: A national cancer database retrospective cohort study

Jennifer M Fernandez; Bianka N Bubic; Sabrina Dahak; Elizabeth M Mata; Kevin R Kwan; Adam Sutton; Melodi Javid Whitley; Ashley Wysong

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2022.07.036

Racial and ethnic differences in tumor characteristics and overall survival of women with melanoma: A national cancer database retrospective cohort study

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2023 Mar;88(3):694-696. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2022.07.036. Epub 2022 Aug 4.

Authors

Jennifer M Fernandez¹, Bianka N Bubic², Sabrina Dahak³, Elizabeth M Mata⁴, Kevin R Kwan¹, Adam Sutton¹, Melodi Javid Whitley¹, Ashley Wysong⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
² Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio.
³ University of Arizona, College of Medicine - Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona.
⁴ University of Arizona, College of Medicine - Tucson, Tucson, Arizona.
⁵ Department of Dermatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska. Electronic address: ashley.wysong@unmc.edu.

PMID: 35933068
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2022.07.036

No abstract available

Keywords: American Indian/Alaska Native; Asian; Black; Hispanic; NCDB; National Cancer Database; White; disparity; ethnicity; female; gender; malignancy; melanoma; minority; race; risk factors; skin cancer; skin of color; survival; women.

MeSH terms

Ethnicity
Female
Humans
Melanoma*
Minority Groups
Racial Groups*
Retrospective Studies
United States