Melanoma characteristics and overall survival predictors in American Indians and Alaska Natives: An analysis of the national cancer database from 2004 to 2018

Jennifer M Fernandez; Elizabeth M Mata; Katherine Plampton; Melodi Javid Whitley; Adam V Sutton; Ashley Wysong

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2023.11.045

Melanoma characteristics and overall survival predictors in American Indians and Alaska Natives: An analysis of the national cancer database from 2004 to 2018

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2024 Apr;90(4):836-837. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.11.045. Epub 2023 Dec 2.

Authors

Jennifer M Fernandez¹, Elizabeth M Mata², Katherine Plampton³, Melodi Javid Whitley⁴, Adam V Sutton¹, Ashley Wysong⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
² Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, College of Medicine - Tucson, Tucson, Arizona.
³ Department of Dermatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska; University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska; Department of Dermatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
⁵ Department of Dermatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 38043590
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.11.045

No abstract available

Keywords: Alaskan Native; Aleutian; American Indian; Eskimo; National Cancer Database; malignancy; melanoma; minority; race; risk factors; skin cancer; skin of color; survival.

MeSH terms

Alaska Natives*
American Indian or Alaska Native
Humans
Indians, North American*
Melanoma*
United States / epidemiology