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European Registries for Skin Cancer: Where Are We?

  • News | 03 Nov 2026
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A recent review on European skin cancer registries shows that melanoma registration in Europe is generally robust and well established, while non-melanoma skin cancer remains inconsistently recorded.

The paper highlights rising melanoma incidence over recent decades, with signs of plateauing in younger age groups, and calls for improved harmonisation, timeliness and completeness of registry data to better support prevention, service planning and cancer control in Europe.

A Narrative Review of European Registries for Skin Cancer: Where Are We and Where Should We Be?

Alexander Katalinic, Karima Hammas, Lukasz Taraszkiewicz, Marieke Louwman, Joanna Julia Bartnicka, Giorgia Randi, Manola Bettio, Andreas Stang and Emanuele Crocetti.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12896798/

 

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03 Nov 2026 | 03 Nov 2026

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