Melanoma Survival Disadvantage in Young, Non-Hispanic White Males Compared With Females | Zendy

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Melanoma Survival Disadvantage in Young, Non-Hispanic White Males Compared With Females

Author(s) -

Christina S. Gamba,

Christina A. Clarke,

Theresa H.M. Keegan,

Tao Li,

Susan M. Swetter

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

jama dermatology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.128

H-Index - 166

eISSN - 2168-6084

pISSN - 2168-6068

DOI - 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.4408

Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , young adult , hazard ratio , epidemiology , population , cohort study , cohort , demography , survival analysis , confidence interval , environmental health , cancer research , sociology

Worse survival among patients with melanoma has been demonstrated in middle-aged and older men compared with women, but few studies have explored survival differences by sex in adolescents and young adults, in whom melanoma is the third most common cancer. Focusing on sex disparities in survival among younger individuals may provide further evidence of biological rather than behavioral factors that affect melanoma outcome.

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