Recent Malignant Melanoma Epidemiology in Upper Silesia, Poland. A Decade-Long Study Focusing on the Agricultural Sector

Andrzej Tukiendorf, Grażyna Kamińska-Winciorek, Marcus Daniel Lancé, Katarzyna Olszak-Wąsik, Zbigniew Szczepanowski, Iwona Kulik-Parobczy and Edyta Idalia Wolny-Rokicka
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Andrzej Tukiendorf: Department of Population Health, Wrocław Medical University, ul. Bartla 5, 51-618 Wrocław, Poland
Grażyna Kamińska-Winciorek: Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Onco-Hematology, National Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, ul. Armii Krajowej 15, 44-101 Gliwice, Poland
Marcus Daniel Lancé: Department of Anesthesiology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Al Rayyan Street, Doha P.O. Box 3050, Qatar
Katarzyna Olszak-Wąsik: Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Oncological Gynecology, School of Medicine and Division of Dentistry in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, ul. Batorego 15, 41-902 Bytom, Poland
Zbigniew Szczepanowski: Regional Hospital in Opole, ul. Kośnego 53, 45-372 Opole, Poland
Iwona Kulik-Parobczy: Department of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Opole University of Technology, ul. Prószkowska 76, 45-758 Opole, Poland
Edyta Idalia Wolny-Rokicka: Praxis Für Strahlentherapie und Radioonkologie, Am Stadtwall 3, 02625 Bautzen, Germany

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 20, 1-10

Abstract: The aim of the present study was to create spatial and spatio-temporal patterns of cutaneous malignant melanoma (MM) incidence in Upper Silesia, Poland, using the largest MM database (<4K cases) in Central Europe, focusing on the agricultural sector. The data comprised all the registered cancer cases (C43, according to the International Classification of Diseases after the 10th Revision) between the years 2004–2013 by the Regional Cancer Registries (RCRs) in Opole and Gliwice. The standardized incidence ratios (SIRs), spatio-temporal growth rates (GRs), and disease cluster relative risks (RRs) were estimated. Based on the regression coefficients, we have indicated irregularities of spatial variance in cutaneous malignant melanoma, especially in older women (?60), and a possible age-migrating effect of agricultural population density on the risk of malignant melanoma in Upper Silesia. All the estimates were illustrated in choropleth thematic maps.

Keywords: spatio-temporal modeling; standardized incidence ratios; growth rates; disease clusters; risk ratios; agricultural sector (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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