Trends in skin cancer incidence by socioeconomic position in Scotland, 1978–2004

BACKGROUND: Non-melanoma skin cancer has been little studied in relation to deprivation. METHODS: Incident cases diagnosed in 1978–2004 were extracted from the Scottish Cancer Register and assigned to quintiles of Carstairs deprivation scores. Age-standardised incidence rates (ASRs) (European standa...

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Autores principales: Doherty, V R, Brewster, D H, Jensen, S, Gorman, D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2010
Materias:
Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2883152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20442712
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6605678
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Non-melanoma skin cancer has been little studied in relation to deprivation. METHODS: Incident cases diagnosed in 1978–2004 were extracted from the Scottish Cancer Register and assigned to quintiles of Carstairs deprivation scores. Age-standardised incidence rates (ASRs) (European standard population) were calculated by deprivation quintile, sex, period of diagnosis, for the three main types of skin cancer. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: As age-standardised incidence of each skin cancer increased significantly over time across all deprivation categories, rates were consistently highest in the least deprived quintile.

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