- Title Pages
- Associate Editors
- To Rosalie and Tricia
- Preface
- Contributors
- 30 Cancers of the Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses
- 31 Nasopharyngeal Cancer
- 32 Cancer of the Larynx
- 33 Cancer of the Lung
- 34 Pleural and Peritoneal Neoplasms
- 35 Cancers of the Oral Cavity and Pharynx
- 36 Esophageal Cancer
- 37 Stomach Cancer
- 38 Cancer of the Pancreas
- 39 Liver Cancer
- 40 Biliary Tract Cancer
- 41 Cancers of the Small Intestine
- 42 Cancers of the Colon and Rectum
- 43 Anal Cancer
- 44 The Leukemias
- 45 Hodgkin Lymphoma
- 46 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
- 47 Multiple Myeloma
- 48 Bone Cancer
- 49 Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- 50 Thyroid Cancer
- 51 Breast Cancer
- 52 Ovarian Cancer
- 53 Endometrial Cancer
- 54 Cervical Cancer
- 55 Cancers of the Vulva and Vagina
- 56 Choriocarcinoma
- 57 Renal Cancer
- 58 Bladder Cancer
- 59 Prostate Cancer
- 60 Testicular Cancer
- 61 Penile Cancer
- 62 Nervous System
- 63 Cutaneous and Ocular Melanoma
- 64 Keratinocyte Carcinomas (Basal and Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Skin)
- 65 Cancers in Children
- 66 Multiple Primary Cancers
- Index
Cutaneous and Ocular Melanoma
Cutaneous and Ocular Melanoma
- Chapter:
- (p.1196) 63 Cutaneous and Ocular Melanoma
- Source:
- Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention
- Author(s):
STEPHEN B. GRUBER
BRUCE K. ARMSTRONG
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter reviews the epidemiology of cutaneous and ocular melanomas. Cutaneous melanoma is the most lethal form of skin cancer. There were an estimated 160,000 new cases diagnosed worldwide in 2002, more than 80% in developed countries, and 41,000 deaths, 66% in developing countries. Sun exposure is its major cause, although a variety of phenotypic and genotypic characteristics contribute substantially to the risk of this complex disease. Ocular melanoma is globally much less significant than cutaneous melanoma and shows little current evidence of uptrend in incidence, in contrast to the continuing uptrend in melanoma. Melanocytes that give risk to ocular melanomas lie principally in pigmentary epithelia that extend continuously from the choroid, a vascular membrane that separates the neural elements of the retina from the fibrous outer covering of the eye (the sclera), anteriorly to the ciliary body and iris.
Keywords: cutaneous melanoma, ocular melanoma, skin cancer, cancer risk, cancer epidemiology, cancer prevention
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- Title Pages
- Associate Editors
- To Rosalie and Tricia
- Preface
- Contributors
- 30 Cancers of the Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses
- 31 Nasopharyngeal Cancer
- 32 Cancer of the Larynx
- 33 Cancer of the Lung
- 34 Pleural and Peritoneal Neoplasms
- 35 Cancers of the Oral Cavity and Pharynx
- 36 Esophageal Cancer
- 37 Stomach Cancer
- 38 Cancer of the Pancreas
- 39 Liver Cancer
- 40 Biliary Tract Cancer
- 41 Cancers of the Small Intestine
- 42 Cancers of the Colon and Rectum
- 43 Anal Cancer
- 44 The Leukemias
- 45 Hodgkin Lymphoma
- 46 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
- 47 Multiple Myeloma
- 48 Bone Cancer
- 49 Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- 50 Thyroid Cancer
- 51 Breast Cancer
- 52 Ovarian Cancer
- 53 Endometrial Cancer
- 54 Cervical Cancer
- 55 Cancers of the Vulva and Vagina
- 56 Choriocarcinoma
- 57 Renal Cancer
- 58 Bladder Cancer
- 59 Prostate Cancer
- 60 Testicular Cancer
- 61 Penile Cancer
- 62 Nervous System
- 63 Cutaneous and Ocular Melanoma
- 64 Keratinocyte Carcinomas (Basal and Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Skin)
- 65 Cancers in Children
- 66 Multiple Primary Cancers
- Index