Incidence of cutaneous T cell lymphoma and other rare skin cancers in a defined population.

Abstract

Between 1970 and 1984 in Rochester, Minnesota, rare skin cancers developed in 15 local residents: cutaneous T cell lymphoma (six subjects), dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (four), adenocarcinoma of sweat glands (two), Merkel cell carcinoma (one), liposarcoma (one), and extramammary Paget's disease (one). These cases were identified through a unique computerized retrieval system that is maintained at the Mayo Clinic for the population of Rochester, Minnesota. The annual incidences of these cancers in the Rochester population were 0.9, 0.5, 0.3, 0.2, 0.2, and 0.2 per 100,000 residents, respectively (standardized to 1980 U.S. population). To our knowledge, this is the first report of the incidences of these rare skin cancers in a well-defined population.

• Authors: T Y Chuang, W P Su, S A Muller
• Journal: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (J Am Acad Dermatol) Vol. 23 Issue 2 Pt 1 Pg. 254-6 (Aug 1990) ISSN: 0190-9622 [Print] United States
• PMID: 2170468 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)

Topics

• Adenocarcinoma (epidemiology)
• Carcinoma, Merkel Cell (epidemiology)
• Female
• Fibrosarcoma (epidemiology)
• Humans
• Incidence
• Liposarcoma (epidemiology)
• Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous (diagnosis, epidemiology)
• Male
• Minnesota (epidemiology)
• Mycosis Fungoides (diagnosis, epidemiology)
• Paget Disease, Extramammary (epidemiology)
• Sampling Studies
• Skin Neoplasms (diagnosis, epidemiology)
• Sweat Gland Neoplasms (epidemiology)