Abstract:Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma (CMM) incidence has been rising around the world and over the last three decades at rates greater than for any other malignancy. Our objective was to describe geographic trends in incidence and mortality of CMM in Russia between 2001 and 2017 using geo-informatics technique (mapping) and descriptive statistical analysis. Additionally, we aimed to study the associations between ethnicity, geographic latitude/longitude and CMM incidence/mortality rates. We retrospectively analyzed th… Show more
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