Incidence of cutaneous T cell lymphoma and other rare skin cancers in a defined population

TY Chuang, WPD Su, SA Muller - Journal of the American Academy of …, 1990 - Elsevier
Between 1970 and 1984 in Rochester, Minnesota, rare skin cancers developed in 15 local
residents: cutaneous T cell lymphoma (six subjects), dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
(four), adenocarcinoma of sweat glands (two), Merkel cell carcinoma (one), liposarcoma
(one), and extramammary Paget's disease (one). These cases were identified through a
unique computerized retrieval system that is maintained at the Mayo Clinic for the population
of Rochester, Minnesota. The annual incidences of these cancers in the Rochester …