Lacasaña Navarro M, Morales Suárez-Varela M M, Llopis González A, Ferrer Caraco E
Unidad de Salud Pública, Higiene y Sanidad Ambiental, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia.
Rev Clin Esp. 1993 Oct;193(6):304-7.
In Europe, mortality due to cutaneous malignant melanoma represents 5,000 deaths a year, during this period about 17,000 people develop this disease. The highest incidence rates are those of Northern Europe, where this neoplasm has always been a public health problem, nevertheless countries of southern Europe (Spain, Portugal, Greece, Italy ...) are showing important increments in their rates, during the last years. Because of all of this, it is becoming a public health problem in every white race populations. This increment in its incidence is mainly attributed to changes in lifestyle, with an increase of solar radiation exposure during holidays and leisure activities, increase of tobacco and alcohol consumption, exposure to different chemical substances, use of ultraviolet lamps, etc.
在欧洲，皮肤恶性黑色素瘤导致的年死亡人数为5000人，在此期间约有1.7万人患上这种疾病。发病率最高的是北欧，在那里这种肿瘤一直是一个公共卫生问题，不过南欧国家（西班牙、葡萄牙、希腊、意大利等）的发病率在过去几年中也呈现出显著增长。正因为如此，它在所有白种人群体中都正成为一个公共卫生问题。其发病率的增加主要归因于生活方式的改变，包括节假日和休闲活动期间太阳辐射暴露增加、烟草和酒精消费增加、接触不同化学物质、使用紫外线灯等。
