The melanoma burden in Belgium; premature morbidity and mortality make melanoma a considerable health problem

被引:13
作者
Brochez, L
Myny, K
Bleyen, T
De Backer, G
Naeyaert, JM
机构
[1] Ghent Univ Hosp, Dept Dermatol, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
[2] Fund Sci Res Flanders, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
[3] Ghent Univ Hosp, Dept Publ Hlth, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
[4] Ghent Univ Hosp, Ctr Prevent & Early Detect Canc, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
关键词
melanoma; premature morbidity; premature mortality; years of potential life lost;
D O I
10.1097/00008390-199912000-00013
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of melanoma on public health in Belgium. Melanoma incidence and mortality rates were analysed relative to those of other cancers. These cancers were then evaluated for premature morbidity and mortality by studying age-specific incidence rates, years of potential life lost before 65, and years of potential life lost per death. Melanoma accounts for 1.23% of all incident cancer cases and 0.7% of all cancer deaths in Belgium. It is the seventeenth most common cancer in men and the sixteenth most common cancer in women. Compared with other, more frequent cancers, melanoma seems to affect patients at a younger age; in the 20-39 age group melanoma is the third most common cancer in both sexes. it is the second most important cancer in terms of years of potential life lost per death, preceded only by tumours of the central nervous system. These findings show that melanoma incidence and mortality rates are exceeded by many other cancers. Nevertheless, melanoma poses an important health problem because of its predilection for young and middle-aged people. We suspect that these observations are not specific for Belgium and will also apply to other European countries. (C) 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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页码:614 / 618
页数:5
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