More people die from thin melanomas (⩽1 mm) than from thick melanomas (>4 mm) in Queensland, Australia

J Invest Dermatol. 2015 Apr;135(4):1190-1193. doi: 10.1038/jid.2014.452. Epub 2014 Oct 20.

Authors

David C Whiteman¹, Peter D Baade², Catherine M Olsen³

Affiliations

¹ Cancer Control Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Electronic address: david.whiteman@qimrberghofer.edu.au.
² Viertel Cancer Research Centre, Cancer Council Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
³ Cancer Control Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

PMID: 25330295
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2014.452

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Humans
Male
Melanoma / epidemiology
Melanoma / mortality*
Melanoma / physiopathology*
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Metastasis
Queensland / epidemiology
Registries
Skin Neoplasms / epidemiology
Skin Neoplasms / mortality*
Skin Neoplasms / physiopathology*