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Epidemiological Aspects of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma

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  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. Richard P. Gallagher

    1. British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada

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  2. J. Mark Elwood

    1. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

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Part of the book series: Developments in Oncology (DION, volume 73)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Recent Progress in Melanoma Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Recent progress in the epidemiology of malignant melanoma

      • Richard P. Gallagher, J. Mark Elwood
      Pages 3-12

  3. Solar and Artificial Ultraviolet Radiation and Melanoma

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Sun exposure and the epidemiology of melanoma

      • J. Mark Elwood, Richard P. Gallagher
      Pages 15-66

    3. Etiological clues from the anatomical distribution of cutaneous melanoma

      • AdèLe Green, Robert Maclennan
      Pages 67-79

    4. Tables of ambient solar ultraviolet radiation for use in epidemiological studies of malignant melanoma and other diseases

      • Brian L. Diffey, J. Mark Elwood
      Pages 81-105

    5. Non-solar sources of ultraviolet radiation and cutaneous malignant melanoma: a review of the evidence

      • Loraine D. Marrett
      Pages 107-127

  4. Nevi and Melanoma

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
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    2. Risk factors for the prevalence of nevi: a review

      • Leslie K. Dennis, Emily White
      Pages 131-149

    3. The atypical mole syndrome - definition of phenotype

      • Julia A. Newton, Veronique Bataille
      Pages 151-158

    4. Risk of cutaneous melanoma by number of melanocytic nevi and correlation of nevi by anatomic site

      • Elizabeth A. Holly, John W. Kelly, David K. Ahn, Steven N. Shpall, Judith I. Rosen
      Pages 159-172

  5. Occupation and Melanoma

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
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    2. Malignant Melanoma Of The Skin In The Telecommunications Industry

      • Louise De Guire
      Pages 175-185

    3. Petroleum refinery exposures and risk of malignant melanoma

      • Margaret M. Hornstra, Mark J. Klan, Dan S. Sharp
      Pages 187-191

    4. Methods for evaluating confounding and effect modification in a small occupational study of cutaneous malignant melanoma

      • Judith A. Schwartzbaum, R. Woodrow Setzer, Lawrence L. Kupper
      Pages 193-205

  6. Pregnancy and Hormonal Factors and Melanoma

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207
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    2. Melanoma and pregnancy

      • Elizabeth A. Holly, Rosemary D. Cress
      Pages 209-221

    3. Cutaneous melanoma and oral contraceptives

      • Elizabeth A. Holly
      Pages 223-239

  7. Diet and Melanoma

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241
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About this book

Significant progress has been made in recent years in understanding the origins of cutaneous maligant melanoma. Knowledge of the relationship between solar radiation and melanoma has changed and it now appears that both the character and timing of exposure may be more important than total cumulative dose in accounting for risk. The melanoma-sunlight model may prove an instructive heuristic exercise for environmental epidemiology, as we currently tend to restrict ourselves to a search for uniform total dose--response relationships between cancers and suspected environmental carcinogens.
The study of the relationship between acquired melanocytic nevi and melanoma has led to useful new information about predictors of melanoma risk, and in addition has opened new perspectives on the development of nevi in children. Definition of the factors for nevus development in children may lead to the possibility of primary prevention programs for melanoma in younger generations of children.
Recent new evidence suggests that certain occupational groups may be at elevated risk of melanoma. A great deal of work is going into the study of ways of screening high risk populations in order to detect melanoma at its earliest stages when current treatment protocols are most effective. The visibility of lesions on the skin challenges classical definitions of early detection and screening in epidemiology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada

    Richard P. Gallagher

  • University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

    J. Mark Elwood

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Epidemiological Aspects of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma

  • Editors: Richard P. Gallagher, J. Mark Elwood

  • Series Title: Developments in Oncology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2626-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-6126-8Published: 10 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-2626-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 329

  • Topics: Oncology, Public Health, Epidemiology, Dermatology

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