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Sex related survival differences in instances of melanoma.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Reintgen, DS; Paull, DE; Seigler, HF; Cox, EB; McCarty, KS
Published in: Surg Gynecol Obstet
October 1984

While data concerning melanoma survival differences between the sexes as they relate to anatomic site, stage and age is scattered throughout the literature, few single studies on one large population of patients with melanoma have specifically addressed all the confounding variables proposed to account for such sex related survival differences. Data were collected for 1,489 patients with melanoma observed at Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center. Females had a more favorable prognosis than males. This survival difference could not be fully explained by differences in the anatomic site of the primary, Clark level of invasion, histologic type or ulceration of the primary lesion or age at diagnosis between males and females. There is growing epidemiologic and biochemical evidence that melanoma may be affected by sex hormones.

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Published In

Surg Gynecol Obstet

ISSN

0039-6087

Publication Date

October 1984

Volume

159

Issue

4

Start / End Page

367 / 372

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Skin Ulcer
  • Skin Neoplasms
  • Sex Factors
  • Prognosis
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Middle Aged
  • Melanoma
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Gonadal Steroid Hormones
 

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Reintgen, D. S., Paull, D. E., Seigler, H. F., Cox, E. B., & McCarty, K. S. (1984). Sex related survival differences in instances of melanoma. Surg Gynecol Obstet, 159(4), 367–372.
Reintgen, D. S., D. E. Paull, H. F. Seigler, E. B. Cox, and K. S. McCarty. “Sex related survival differences in instances of melanoma.Surg Gynecol Obstet 159, no. 4 (October 1984): 367–72.
Reintgen DS, Paull DE, Seigler HF, Cox EB, McCarty KS. Sex related survival differences in instances of melanoma. Surg Gynecol Obstet. 1984 Oct;159(4):367–72.
Reintgen, D. S., et al. “Sex related survival differences in instances of melanoma.Surg Gynecol Obstet, vol. 159, no. 4, Oct. 1984, pp. 367–72.
Reintgen DS, Paull DE, Seigler HF, Cox EB, McCarty KS. Sex related survival differences in instances of melanoma. Surg Gynecol Obstet. 1984 Oct;159(4):367–372.

Published In

Surg Gynecol Obstet

ISSN

0039-6087

Publication Date

October 1984

Volume

159

Issue

4

Start / End Page

367 / 372

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Skin Ulcer
  • Skin Neoplasms
  • Sex Factors
  • Prognosis
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Middle Aged
  • Melanoma
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Gonadal Steroid Hormones