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Cutaneous melanoma in the State of São Paulo: a spatial approach()

BACKGROUND: Cutaneous melanoma is a skin cancer with low incidence but high mortality rates. Several factors are associated with increased risk of melanoma, such as excessive sun exposure, fair skin, and family history, among others. Little is known about the spatial distribution of this cancer in B...

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Autores principales: Amancio, Camila Trolez, Nascimento, Luiz Fernando Costa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4056702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24937818
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142722
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Nascimento, Luiz Fernando Costa
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description BACKGROUND: Cutaneous melanoma is a skin cancer with low incidence but high mortality rates. Several factors are associated with increased risk of melanoma, such as excessive sun exposure, fair skin, and family history, among others. Little is known about the spatial distribution of this cancer in Brazil. OBJECTIVE: To identify, through the use of geostatistical tools, spatial clusters of municipalities in the state of São Paulo based on their incidence of cutaneous melanoma. METHODS: This was an ecological and exploratory study of data on new cases obtained from Fundação Oncocentro for the period 1 January 2006-31 December 2011. Cases were separated by gender and rates per 100,000 inhabitants were calculated and used to compile thematic maps, Moran maps and kernel maps, using TerraView software. RESULTS: There were 3,172 new cases of cutaneous melanoma in the study period. High rates were identified in the North, Northwest, Southwest, and Southeast regions of São Paulo state. Global Moran's I values were statistically significant (p<0.05) at 0.12, 0.08, and 0.16, respectively, for males, females, and all cases. Areas such as the Southeast, North, and Northwest of São Paulo were identified as being of high priority for intervention. CONCLUSION: Spatial clusters of municipalities with high incidence rates of cutaneous melanoma in the state of São Paulo were identified. These data can serve as an important input for public health agencies.
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spelling pubmed-40567022014-06-17 Cutaneous melanoma in the State of São Paulo: a spatial approach() Amancio, Camila Trolez Nascimento, Luiz Fernando Costa An Bras Dermatol Investigation BACKGROUND: Cutaneous melanoma is a skin cancer with low incidence but high mortality rates. Several factors are associated with increased risk of melanoma, such as excessive sun exposure, fair skin, and family history, among others. Little is known about the spatial distribution of this cancer in Brazil. OBJECTIVE: To identify, through the use of geostatistical tools, spatial clusters of municipalities in the state of São Paulo based on their incidence of cutaneous melanoma. METHODS: This was an ecological and exploratory study of data on new cases obtained from Fundação Oncocentro for the period 1 January 2006-31 December 2011. Cases were separated by gender and rates per 100,000 inhabitants were calculated and used to compile thematic maps, Moran maps and kernel maps, using TerraView software. RESULTS: There were 3,172 new cases of cutaneous melanoma in the study period. High rates were identified in the North, Northwest, Southwest, and Southeast regions of São Paulo state. Global Moran's I values were statistically significant (p<0.05) at 0.12, 0.08, and 0.16, respectively, for males, females, and all cases. Areas such as the Southeast, North, and Northwest of São Paulo were identified as being of high priority for intervention. CONCLUSION: Spatial clusters of municipalities with high incidence rates of cutaneous melanoma in the state of São Paulo were identified. These data can serve as an important input for public health agencies. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4056702/ /pubmed/24937818 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142722 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Cutaneous melanoma in the State of São Paulo: a spatial approach()
title Cutaneous melanoma in the State of São Paulo: a spatial approach()
title_full Cutaneous melanoma in the State of São Paulo: a spatial approach()
title_fullStr Cutaneous melanoma in the State of São Paulo: a spatial approach()
title_full_unstemmed Cutaneous melanoma in the State of São Paulo: a spatial approach()
title_short Cutaneous melanoma in the State of São Paulo: a spatial approach()
title_sort cutaneous melanoma in the state of são paulo: a spatial approach()
topic Investigation
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4056702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24937818
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142722
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