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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 147, No. 1: 66-68
Copyright © 1998 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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Epidemiology of Cutaneous Melanoma in the French West Indies (Martinique)

Philippe Garsaud1,, Anne-Marie Boisseau-Garsaud2, Mariène Ossondo3, Hervé Azaloux4, Patrick Escarmant5, Guillaume Le Mab1, Sylvie Zimmermann1, Alain Saint-Cyr6, Danielle Quist2, Raymond Hélénon2 and Alain Jouannelle3

1Registre du Cancer de la Martinique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Fort de France, Fort de France Martinique, French West Indies
2Service de Dermatologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Fort de France, Fort de France Martinique, French West Indies
3Laboratoire d'Anatomopathologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Fort do France, Fort de France Martinique, French West Indies
4Service de Médecine Nucléaire, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Fort de France, Fort de France Martinique, French West Indies
5Service de Radiothérapie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Fort de France Martinique, French West Indies
6Département d'Information Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Fort de France, Fort de France Martinique, French West Indies

Reprint requests to Dr. Philippe Garsaud, Département d'Information Médicale, Hôpital Pierre Zobda-Quitman, BP 632, 97261 Fort de France Cedex, Martinique, French West Indies

The epidemiology of melanoma in populations of African-European descent has rarely been reported. The authors studied melanoma in the French West Indies (Martinique), where black Caribbeans and whites represented 96% and 4% of the population, respectively. Among the 85 cases of melanoma collected from 1976 to 1995, blacks represented 75% and whites, 25%. The average incidence rates were 1.48 and 0.9 per 100,000 per year in females and males, respectively. The sole of the foot represented 72% of the primary sites in blacks. Breslow's tumor thickness was >1.5mm in 68% of the cases. The 5-year survival was 44%.

blacks; melanoma


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