Malignant melanoma of the uvea in Iceland 1955–1979
Abstract. During the 25‐year period 1955 to 1979, 29 cases of malignant melanoma of the choroid and ciliary body, and 4 cases of melanoma of the iris, were diagnosed in Iceland. Excluding the iris melanomas, the annual incidence rate per 100000, adjusted to standardized Icelandic population, was 0.7...
Published in: | Acta Ophthalmologica |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Wiley
1985
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1985.tb01550.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1755-3768.1985.tb01550.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1985.tb01550.x |
id |
crwiley:10.1111/j.1755-3768.1985.tb01550.x |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
crwiley:10.1111/j.1755-3768.1985.tb01550.x 2024-04-28T08:25:34+00:00 Malignant melanoma of the uvea in Iceland 1955–1979 Gíslason, Ingimundur Magnússon, Bjarki Tulinius, Hrafn 1985 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1985.tb01550.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1755-3768.1985.tb01550.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1985.tb01550.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Acta Ophthalmologica volume 63, issue 4, page 389-394 ISSN 1755-375X 1755-3768 Ophthalmology General Medicine journal-article 1985 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1985.tb01550.x 2024-04-08T06:50:17Z Abstract. During the 25‐year period 1955 to 1979, 29 cases of malignant melanoma of the choroid and ciliary body, and 4 cases of melanoma of the iris, were diagnosed in Iceland. Excluding the iris melanomas, the annual incidence rate per 100000, adjusted to standardized Icelandic population, was 0.7 in males and 0.5 in females. No change in the incidence rate was noted over the period. There was no significant difference in incidence rates between urban and rural regions. At the time of 31st December, 1982, 19 patients with melanoma of the choroid and ciliary body had died. In 10 cases the cause of death was melanoma metastases. All deaths with metastases occurred within 5 years from the day of enucleation. In no case were metastases found before enucleation. Five year survival rates for all patients were 51%, 64% in males and 30% in females. This difference between the sexes was significant. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Wiley Online Library Acta Ophthalmologica 63 4 389 394 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Wiley Online Library |
op_collection_id |
crwiley |
language |
English |
topic |
Ophthalmology General Medicine |
spellingShingle |
Ophthalmology General Medicine Gíslason, Ingimundur Magnússon, Bjarki Tulinius, Hrafn Malignant melanoma of the uvea in Iceland 1955–1979 |
topic_facet |
Ophthalmology General Medicine |
description |
Abstract. During the 25‐year period 1955 to 1979, 29 cases of malignant melanoma of the choroid and ciliary body, and 4 cases of melanoma of the iris, were diagnosed in Iceland. Excluding the iris melanomas, the annual incidence rate per 100000, adjusted to standardized Icelandic population, was 0.7 in males and 0.5 in females. No change in the incidence rate was noted over the period. There was no significant difference in incidence rates between urban and rural regions. At the time of 31st December, 1982, 19 patients with melanoma of the choroid and ciliary body had died. In 10 cases the cause of death was melanoma metastases. All deaths with metastases occurred within 5 years from the day of enucleation. In no case were metastases found before enucleation. Five year survival rates for all patients were 51%, 64% in males and 30% in females. This difference between the sexes was significant. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Gíslason, Ingimundur Magnússon, Bjarki Tulinius, Hrafn |
author_facet |
Gíslason, Ingimundur Magnússon, Bjarki Tulinius, Hrafn |
author_sort |
Gíslason, Ingimundur |
title |
Malignant melanoma of the uvea in Iceland 1955–1979 |
title_short |
Malignant melanoma of the uvea in Iceland 1955–1979 |
title_full |
Malignant melanoma of the uvea in Iceland 1955–1979 |
title_fullStr |
Malignant melanoma of the uvea in Iceland 1955–1979 |
title_full_unstemmed |
Malignant melanoma of the uvea in Iceland 1955–1979 |
title_sort |
malignant melanoma of the uvea in iceland 1955–1979 |
publisher |
Wiley |
publishDate |
1985 |
url |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1985.tb01550.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1755-3768.1985.tb01550.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1985.tb01550.x |
genre |
Iceland |
genre_facet |
Iceland |
op_source |
Acta Ophthalmologica volume 63, issue 4, page 389-394 ISSN 1755-375X 1755-3768 |
op_rights |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1985.tb01550.x |
container_title |
Acta Ophthalmologica |
container_volume |
63 |
container_issue |
4 |
container_start_page |
389 |
op_container_end_page |
394 |
_version_ |
1797585347840835584 |