Patient presentation, skin biopsy utilization and cutaneous malignant melanoma incidence and mortality in northern Italy: Trends and correlations
- Bucchi, L
- Mancini, S
- Zamagni, F
- Crocetti, E
- Dal Maso, L
- Ferretti, S
- Baldacchini, F
- Giuliani, O
- Ravaioli, A
- Vattiato, R
- Brustolin, A
- Candela, G
- Carone, S
- Carrozzi, G
- Cavallo, R
- Dinaro, Y M
- Ferrante, M
- Iacovacci, S
- Mazzoleni, G
- Musolino, A
- Rizzello, R V
- Serraino, D
- Biggeri, A
- Stanganelli, I
- Falcini, F
DOIAbstract
The global increase in incidence of cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) occurring in the past decades has been partly attributed to increased diagnostic scrutiny of early lesions, with a potential phenomenon of overdiagnosis. The reported positive linear relation between skin biopsy rate and incidence of early CMM is compatible with this hypothesis
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