Epidemiology of melanoma in the Czech Republic in East Bohemia in the Period 2002-2017 and the effect of the annual sunshine exposure

Abstract

We evaluated the trend in the occurrence of melanoma nodulare, melanoma superficiale, lentigo maligna and melanoma in situ in the period 2002 - 2017 in East Bohemia region in the Czech Republic. The evaluation if the annual numbers of hours of sunshine could affect the number of patients with melanoma.

Keywords

• Epidemiology of melanoma
• body site of melanoma
• effect of sunshine