MacKie R M, Hunter J A
Br J Cancer. 1982 Jul;46(1):75-80. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1982.167.
In view of the concern over the rising incidence of malignant melanoma in many parts of the world, and the suggestion that emigrants of Scottish and Irish descent have a higher incidence of melanoma in North America and Australia, a Scottish Melanoma Group has been formed to study epidemiological, pathological and therapeutic aspects of the tumour. In 1979, 260 histologically proven primary cutaneous malignant melanomas of the skin presented. This represents an incidence of 5.1/10(5) for Scotland as a whole. Studies over the next 5 years will determine whether the incidence of melanoma is rising in Scotland as rapidly as in other parts of the world.
鉴于全球许多地区对恶性黑色素瘤发病率上升的关注,以及有观点认为苏格兰和爱尔兰裔移民在北美和澳大利亚患黑色素瘤的发病率较高,已成立了一个苏格兰黑色素瘤研究小组,以研究该肿瘤的流行病学、病理学和治疗方面。1979年,出现了260例经组织学证实的原发性皮肤恶性黑色素瘤。这代表整个苏格兰的发病率为5.1/10万。未来5年的研究将确定苏格兰黑色素瘤的发病率是否像世界其他地区一样迅速上升。