Assessment of Age, Period, and Birth Cohort Effects and Trends in Merkel Cell Carcinoma Incidence in the United States | Zendy

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Assessment of Age, Period, and Birth Cohort Effects and Trends in Merkel Cell Carcinoma Incidence in the United States

Author(s) -

Daniel Jacobs,

Huang Huang,

Kelly Olino,

Sarah A. Weiss,

Harriet M. Kluger,

Benjamin L. Judson,

Yawei Zhang

Publication year - 2020

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.2020.4102

Subject(s) - merkel cell carcinoma , medicine , incidence (geometry) , interquartile range , retrospective cohort study , cohort , epidemiology , cohort study , carcinoma , physics , optics

Merkel cell carcinoma is an aggressive, cutaneous, neuroendocrine cancer that is increasing in incidence. Understanding why the incidence of Merkel cell carcinoma is increasing through underlying factors, such as age effects, calendar period of diagnosis effects, and birth cohort effects, can help guide resource allocation and design of screening programs.

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