2021
Assessment of Age, Period, and Birth Cohort Effects and Trends in Merkel Cell Carcinoma Incidence in the United States
Jacobs D, Huang H, Olino K, Weiss S, Kluger H, Judson BL, Zhang Y. Assessment of Age, Period, and Birth Cohort Effects and Trends in Merkel Cell Carcinoma Incidence in the United States. JAMA Dermatology 2021, 157: 59-65. PMID: 33146688, PMCID: PMC7643047, DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2020.4102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMerkel cell carcinomaBirth cohort effectsCell carcinomaIncidence rateCalendar periodBirth cohortPatient ageNew casesCohort effectsEnd Results Program databaseCross-sectional retrospective studyLongitudinal cohort studyHigh incidence rateAge-adjusted ratesRisk factor exposureRecent birth cohortsCohort studyCarcinoma incidenceRetrospective studyNeuroendocrine cancerAge effectsProgram databaseCohort analysisMAIN OUTCOMECarcinoma
2014
Clinical characteristics associated with Spitz nevi and Spitzoid malignant melanomas: The Yale University Spitzoid Neoplasm Repository experience, 1991 to 2008
Lott JP, Wititsuwannakul J, Lee JJ, Ariyan S, Narayan D, Kluger HH, Lazova R. Clinical characteristics associated with Spitz nevi and Spitzoid malignant melanomas: The Yale University Spitzoid Neoplasm Repository experience, 1991 to 2008. Journal Of The American Academy Of Dermatology 2014, 71: 1077-1082. PMID: 25308882, PMCID: PMC6133655, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2014.08.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMalignant melanomaSpitzoid malignant melanomasSpitz neviClinical characteristicsRetrospective cohort studyMultivariate logistic regressionMalignant melanoma diagnosisSelect patientsCohort studyYounger patientsClinical featuresSingle institutionMale genderMelanomaSmall lesionsLogistic regressionNeviSmall sample sizeLesionsMelanoma diagnosisDiagnosisUnmeasured confoundingPatientsDescriptive statisticsAge