Melanoma mortality in the capitals of Northeast Brazil, 2001-2017: analysis by the regression model by inflection points

• Main Authors: Amanda Maria Sandes Lemos (Author), Beatriz Gomes de Castro (Author), André Luis Oliveira do Nascimento (Author), Carlos Alberto de Oliveira Rocha (Author), João Paulo Oliveira de Almeida (Author), Gustavo Nascimento Monteiro Siqueira (Author), Myllena Vitória Bispo Santana (Author), João Vitor Bispo Santana (Author), Tânia Rita Moreno de Oliveira Fernandes (Author), Maria Deysiane Porto Araújo (Author), Thaysa Kelly Barbosa Vieira Tomé (Author), José Roberto Amorim (Author), Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo (Author), Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza1 (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia (SBD), 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Melanoma comprises 3% of all skin tumors and can produce metastasis with high mortality. Objective: To analyze the temporal behavior of mortality from skin melanoma in the capitals of Northeast Brazil from 2001 to 2017. Methods: We conducted an ecological time series study involving al...