Association of socioeconomic status with Breslow thickness and disease-free and overall survival in stage I-II primary cutaneous melanoma.

Objective: To investigate the influence of socioeconomic status (SES) on Breslow thickness, disease-free survival, and overall survival in patients with stage I-II primary cutaneous melanoma (PCM).

Patients And Methods: The study consists of all consecutive patients who were diagnosed as having PCM and were treated and followed up at our hospital between November 1, 1998, and July 31, 2009. Pathologic and sociodemographic characteristics of the patients were obtained.

Sun exposure, phenotypic characteristics, and cutaneous malignant melanoma. An analysis according to different clinico-pathological variants and anatomic locations (Italy).

Objective: The aim of the study was to examine the relation between sun exposure and other selected risk factors and the development of different clinico-pathological variants of cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) at different body locations.

Methods: We analysed data from a case-control study conducted in Italy between 1992 and 1994 on 542 cases of CMM and 538 hospital controls. Clinico-pathological variants included 391 superficial spreading (SSM), 72 nodular (NM) and 39 lentigo maligna (LMM) melanomas.

Cutaneous malignant melanoma in women. Phenotypic characteristics, sun exposure, and hormonal factors: a case-control study from Italy.

Purpose: We examined the role of personal host characteristics in relation to cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) among women, with a particular focus on hormonal and reproductive factors.

Methods: A case-control study conducted in Italy between 1992 and 1994, including 316 women with incident, histologically confirmed CMM and 308 controls, admitted to the same network of hospitals as cases for acute, non-dermatological, and non-neoplastic conditions.

Results: CMM was significantly associated with body mass index (kg/m(2)) (odds ratio [OR]=1.

Dermatologist detection and skin self-examination are associated with thinner melanomas: results from a survey of the Italian Multidisciplinary Group on Melanoma.

Objective: To investigate patterns of detection and variables associated with early diagnosis of melanoma in a population at intermediate melanoma risk.

Design: Survey.

Setting: Hospital and university centers belonging to the Italian Multidisciplinary Group on Melanoma.