Relative Importance of Traditional Risk Factors for Malignant Melanoma in the Czech Population

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00064211%3A_____%2F16%3AN0000037" target="_blank" >RIV/00064211:_____/16:N0000037 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11130/16:10335792

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28095280" target="_blank" >https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28095280</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a4569" target="_blank" >10.21101/cejph.a4569</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Relative Importance of Traditional Risk Factors for Malignant Melanoma in the Czech Population

Original language description

Aim: The Czech Republic is one of the leading European countries in incident cases of malignant melanoma (MM), which is on the rise. The study objective was to assess the strength of associations between MM and the known generally accepted risk factors for MM in the population of the Czech Republic. Methods: The study was designed as a case-control study where cases were incident cases of MM detected at the Department of Dermatology and Venereology of the Bulovka Hospital. Controls were selected from cancer-free patients admitted to departments other than Dermatology and Venereology. Validated questionnaires were used to collect demographic, epidemiological, and clinical data. Results: The binary logistic model shows the main risk factors for MM: male, female (OR=0.292, 95% CI = 0.175-0.486), a changed mole (OR = 6.371, 95% CI = 3.774-10.756), a history of skin cancer (OR = 95.704, 95% CI = 37.241-10.756), and sunbeds use (OR= 3.594, 95% CI = 1.288-10.028). Using sunscreen products was considered as a protective factor against MM (OR= 0.253, 95% CI = 0.137-0.466). Conclusion: The primary and secondary prevention increasingly emerges as a public health priority in the effort to reverse the negative trend in cases of MM and mortality from this disease in the Czech Republic. A prerequisite for an effective secondary prevention through screening is, among others, the identification of the population groups at highest risk for MM.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FO - Dermatology and venereology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/NT12401" target="_blank" >NT12401: Distribution of Melanoma Risk Factors in Czech Population and Their Application for Primary Prophylaxis</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Central European Journal of Public Health

ISSN

1210-7778

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

24

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

4

Pages from-to

268-271

UT code for WoS article

000393017500003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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