Ethnic Differences Among Patients With Cutaneous Melanoma

Abstract

Incidence rates for melanoma have been increasing rapidly for several decades in white populations.¹ A population-based study from the California Cancer Registry recently reported that rates of invasive melanoma have also increased markedly among Hispanics since 1988.² In general, there is a paucity of literature pertaining to the incidence of melanoma in minority populations.^3,4