Trends in Incidence of Conjunctival Melanoma in the US

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Oct 3;5(10):e2237229. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.37229.

Authors

Thomas A Weppelmann^{1

2}, Keith T Zimmerman^{1

2}, Vania Rashidi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa.
² James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital Eye Clinic, Department of Veterans Affairs, Tampa, Florida.
³ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cohort study assesses the incidence of conjunctival melanoma, associations between demographic factors, and trends over time in the US.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Conjunctival Neoplasms* / epidemiology
Humans
Incidence
Melanoma* / epidemiology