Underreporting of Melanoma in Arizona and Strategies for Increasing Reporting: A Public Health Partnership Approach.
Underreporting of Melanoma in Arizona and Strategies for Increasing Reporting: A Public Health Partnership Approach.
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亚利桑那州黑色素瘤的漏报和增加报告的策略:公共卫生伙伴关系方法。
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10.1177/003335491513000624
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2015
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Flood,TimothyJ
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Harris,RobinB;Koch,StephanieM;Newton,Chris;Silvis,NancyG;Curiel-Lewandroski,Clara;Giancola,Joseph;Sagerman,Paul;Alder,Steven;Yee,Georgia;Flood,TimothyJ
The incidence of melanoma has been reported as increasing in the United States. 1–3 The American Cancer Society reported a 2.1% to 2.4% annual increase in rates from 1999 to 2008 for men and women. 3 In Arizona, the age-adjusted melanoma incidence rates from 1999 to 2001 were reported as also increasing but slightly higher than for the United States as a whole. 4 However, in a 2005–2007 report, the incidence rates for melanoma were 30% lower for Arizona men and 21% lower for Arizona women than the US rates. 5 Reasons for this change in trends were not known. In Arizona, cancer data management is the responsibility of the Arizona Cancer Registry (ACR). 6 In 1992, reporting of all cancer cases, including melanoma, by hospitals, clinics, and physicians became mandatory by Arizona Revised Statutes § 36-133. 7 The ACR is a passive registry, meaning that ACR personnel do not actively visit pathology laboratories or health provider offices to identify and abstract cancer cases. Instead, the registry relies solely on providers sending appropriate forms to the ACR, although the ACR does perform quality control with high-volume providers and laboratories. Although the ACR is considered a population-based registry with more than 95% coverage, it lost substantial funding in 2003, which resulted in fewer quality-control visits to assure compliance. Cancer incidence rates are calculated from data maintained by state cancer registries, and these data are highly dependent on the actual reporting of cancer cases from community sources, including physicians. The potential for underreporting can be especially high with melanoma, as it is frequently diagnosed and treated in outpatient settings. 8, 9In 2012, because of concerns that the observed drop in melanoma incidence in Arizona represented underreporting rather than real change, an ad hoc statewide public health partnership was formed to assess the degree of underreporting of melanoma, identify barriers to reporting by providers, and recommend strategies for increasing reporting. We describe the partnership, the magnitude of the problem for Arizona, strategies identified to increase reporting, and results after implementing new strategies.
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10.1038/jid.2008.423
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2009-07
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The Journal of investigative dermatology
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13.8
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Cartee, Todd V.;Kini, Seema P.;Chen, Suephy C.
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Chen, Suephy C.
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13.8
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Koh,HK;Clapp,RW;Barnett,JM;Nannery,WM;Tahan,SR;Geller,AC;Bhawan,J;Harrist,TJ;Kwan,T;Stadecker,M
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Stadecker,M