Abstract
Ten years ago, only the broad features of the descriptive epidemiology of melanoma were known. A handful of methodologically adequate case-control studies had been conducted, and they were small and made use of very limited measures of exposure. The importance of a key risk factor, melanocytic nevi, had not been explored epidemiologically. The succeeding 10 years saw a series of large and well conducted studies which have outlined the major features of melanoma epidemiology, and much is known about the epidemiology of melanocytic nevi. Now, however, a plateau has been reached; the balance of present research is towards confirmation rather than innovation. This paper sets an agenda for research for the next 10 years, it seeks to shift the balance back towards the innovation of ten years ago.
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Armstrong, B.K. (1994). The epidemiology of melanoma: where do we go from here?. In: Gallagher, R.P., Elwood, J.M. (eds) Epidemiological Aspects of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma. Developments in Oncology, vol 73. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2626-1_19
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