Incidence trends of conjunctival malignant melanoma in Canada.

CONCLUSIONS: This analysis demonstrates novel variations in CM incidence rates between different Canadian provinces. These results taken together with the data reported from the USA confirm the North-to-South geographic gradient of increasing CM incidence. This research highlights that the epidemiology of CM in North America is comparable to that of cutaneous malignant melanoma in contrast to the trends for uveal melanoma distribution.
PMID: 31079055 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The British Journal of Ophthalmology - May 10, 2019 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Ghazawi FM, Darwich R, Le M, Jfri A, Rahme E, Burnier JV, Sasseville D, Burnier MN, Litvinov IV Tags: Br J Ophthalmol Source Type: research