Metadata

Name Primary Malignancy of Malignant Melanoma (pri_melanoma)
Category Cancers
Sex
Adult Yes
UUID a534cbbb-0b04-4347-8bf1-6eeeed899652
Definition A malignant neoplasm derived from cells that are capable of forming melanin, which may occur in the skin of any part of the body, in the eye, or, rarely, in the mucous membranes of the genitalia, anus, oral cavity, or other sites.

Ontologies

Disease Ontology (DOID) DOID_6846
GWAS Catalogue EFO_0000756
MeSH D008545
SNOMED-CT 2092003
FinnGen C3_MELANOMA_SKIN

Key Summary Statistics

Cases from any source

Total 9592
Female (%) 5187 (54%)
Male (%) 4405 (46%)

Year first recorded

pri_melanoma year of first event

Cases linked in all UK Biobank sources

Cross-source concordance

Vertical bars correspond to number of cases per source/intersection; horizontal bars to left correspond to total number of cases per source.

Cross-sourced pri_melanoma cases

Incidence & prevalence

Sex and age-stratified incidence and prevalence of pri_melanoma

Baseline prevalence stratified by sex

Female 126.72 (119.19,134.25)
Male 107.23 (99.68,114.79)

Incidence stratified by sex

Female 6.67 (5.99,7.34)
Male 7.97 (7.16,8.78)

Incidence stratified by age

Ages 40-44 3.24 (2.12,4.36)
Ages 45-49 4.03 (2.96,5.11)
Ages 50-54 5.95 (4.74,7.16)
Ages 55-59 6.84 (5.66,8.01)
Ages 60-64 9.45 (8.26,10.64)
Ages 65-69 10.09 (8.68,11.5)

Period prevalence

Methods

Comparison with general population

Sex-standardised prevalence from CALIBER study (Kuan et al. 2019)

CALIBER and UKB pri_melanoma prevalence comparison for multiple age groups

Population Ages 40-49 Ages 50-59 Ages 60-69
UK Biobank 66 (58,74) 90 (83,98) 129 (122,137)
CALIBER 42 (40,44) 65 (62,67) 105 (101,108)

Stratified by age and Townsend deprivation status

Deprivation status Ages 40-49 Ages 50-59 Ages 60-69
Least deprived 83(64,106) 104(88,123) 146(129,164)
Low 81(61,104) 111(93,131) 151(134,169)
Medium 65(48,85) 87(72,104) 133(117,150)
High 66(50,85) 86(71,104) 111(96,127)
Most deprived 44(32,58) 63(51,78) 97(83,114)

Stratified by age and country

Country Ages 40-49 Ages 50-59 Ages 60-69
England 64(56,74) 83(75,91) 125(117,133)
Scotland 74(52,102) 102(82,126) 144(122,168)
Wales 64(39,99) 141(111,177) 153(126,186)

Risk factors analysis

‘Healthy’ BMI, smoking status ‘never’, or no hypertension (absence of hypertension records) were considered as reference values.

Hazard Ratio (HR) values with P < 0.0002 were considered to show significant association with disease onset after correction for multiple-testing using the Bonferroni method

N=153944, Events=165

Factor Level Hazard Ratio P value
BMI overweight 0.93 (0.64, 1.33) 0.683
BMI obese 0.99 (0.66, 1.49) 0.954
BMI underweight 0 (0, Inf) 0.994
smoking previous 1.57 (1.13, 2.18) 0.00649
smoking current 1.16 (0.66, 2.02) 0.611
hypertension yes 0.69 (0.47, 1.01) 0.0533

Risk factors analysis forest plot

Definition

UK Biobank field id Description Code Value
20001 Cancer code, self-reported 1003 skin cancer
20001 Cancer code, self-reported 1059 malignant melanoma
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 C43 Malignant melanoma of skin
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 C43 Malignant melanoma of skin
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 C43 Malignant melanoma of skin
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 C43 Malignant melanoma of skin
42040 GP clinical event records 1425000.0 H/O Malignant melanoma
42040 GP clinical event records 4M3..00 Breslow depth staging for melanoma
42040 GP clinical event records 4M70.00 Clark melanoma level 1
42040 GP clinical event records 4M71.00 Clark melanoma level 2
42040 GP clinical event records 4M72.00 Clark melanoma level 3
42040 GP clinical event records 4M73.00 Clark melanoma level 4
42040 GP clinical event records 4M74.00 Clark melanoma level 5
42040 GP clinical event records 7G03J00 Excision of melanoma
42040 GP clinical event records B320.00 Malignant melanoma of lip
42040 GP clinical event records B321.00 Malignant melanoma of eyelid including canthus
42040 GP clinical event records B322000 Malignant melanoma of auricle (ear)
42040 GP clinical event records B322100 Malignant melanoma of external auditory meatus
42040 GP clinical event records B322.00 Malignant melanoma of ear and external auricular canal
42040 GP clinical event records B322z00 Malignant melanoma of ear and external auricular canal NOS
42040 GP clinical event records B323000 Malignant melanoma of external surface of cheek
42040 GP clinical event records B323100 Malignant melanoma of chin
42040 GP clinical event records B323200 Malignant melanoma of eyebrow
42040 GP clinical event records B323300 Malignant melanoma of forehead
42040 GP clinical event records B323400 Malignant melanoma of external surface of nose
42040 GP clinical event records B323500 Malignant melanoma of temple
42040 GP clinical event records B323.00 Malignant melanoma of other and unspecified parts of face
42040 GP clinical event records B323z00 Malignant melanoma of face NOS
42040 GP clinical event records B324000 Malignant melanoma of scalp
42040 GP clinical event records B324100 Malignant melanoma of neck
42040 GP clinical event records B324.00 Malignant melanoma of scalp and neck
42040 GP clinical event records B324z00 Malignant melanoma of scalp and neck NOS
42040 GP clinical event records B325000 Malignant melanoma of axilla
42040 GP clinical event records B325100 Malignant melanoma of breast
42040 GP clinical event records B325200 Malignant melanoma of buttock
42040 GP clinical event records B325300 Malignant melanoma of groin
42040 GP clinical event records B325400 Malignant melanoma of perianal skin
42040 GP clinical event records B325500 Malignant melanoma of perineum
42040 GP clinical event records B325600 Malignant melanoma of umbilicus
42040 GP clinical event records B325700 Malignant melanoma of back
42040 GP clinical event records B325800 Malignant melanoma of chest wall
42040 GP clinical event records B325.00 Malignant melanoma of trunk (excluding scrotum)
42040 GP clinical event records B325z00 Malignant melanoma of trunk, excluding scrotum, NOS
42040 GP clinical event records B326000 Malignant melanoma of shoulder
42040 GP clinical event records B326100 Malignant melanoma of upper arm
42040 GP clinical event records B326200 Malignant melanoma of fore-arm
42040 GP clinical event records B326300 Malignant melanoma of hand
42040 GP clinical event records B326400 Malignant melanoma of finger
42040 GP clinical event records B326500 Malignant melanoma of thumb
42040 GP clinical event records B326.00 Malignant melanoma of upper limb and shoulder
42040 GP clinical event records B326z00 Malignant melanoma of upper limb or shoulder NOS
42040 GP clinical event records B327000 Malignant melanoma of hip
42040 GP clinical event records B327100 Malignant melanoma of thigh
42040 GP clinical event records B327200 Malignant melanoma of knee
42040 GP clinical event records B327300 Malignant melanoma of popliteal fossa area
42040 GP clinical event records B327400 Malignant melanoma of lower leg
42040 GP clinical event records B327500 Malignant melanoma of ankle
42040 GP clinical event records B327600 Malignant melanoma of heel
42040 GP clinical event records B327700 Malignant melanoma of foot
42040 GP clinical event records B327800 Malignant melanoma of toe
42040 GP clinical event records B327900 Malignant melanoma of great toe
42040 GP clinical event records B327.00 Malignant melanoma of lower limb and hip
42040 GP clinical event records B327z00 Malignant melanoma of lower limb or hip NOS
42040 GP clinical event records B32..00 Malignant melanoma of skin
42040 GP clinical event records B32y000 Overlapping malignant melanoma of skin
42040 GP clinical event records B32y.00 Malignant melanoma of other specified skin site
42040 GP clinical event records B32z.00 Malignant melanoma of skin NOS
42040 GP clinical event records BBE1000 [M]Malignant melanoma, regressing
42040 GP clinical event records BBE1100 [M]Desmoplastic melanoma, malignant
42040 GP clinical event records BBE1.00 [M]Malignant melanoma NOS
42040 GP clinical event records BBE1.11 [M]Melanocarcinoma
42040 GP clinical event records BBE1.12 [M]Melanoma NOS
42040 GP clinical event records BBE1.13 [M]Melanosarcoma NOS
42040 GP clinical event records BBE2.00 [M]Nodular melanoma
42040 GP clinical event records BBE4.00 [M]Balloon cell melanoma
42040 GP clinical event records BBEA.00 [M]Amelanotic melanoma
42040 GP clinical event records BBEC.00 [M]Malignant melanoma in junctional naevus
42040 GP clinical event records BBEF.00 [M]Hutchinson’s melanotic freckle
42040 GP clinical event records BBEF.11 [M]Lentigo maligna
42040 GP clinical event records BBEG000 [M]Acral lentiginous melanoma, malignant
42040 GP clinical event records BBEG.00 [M]Malignant melanoma in Hutchinson’s melanotic freckle
42040 GP clinical event records BBEG.11 [M]Lentigo maligna melanoma
42040 GP clinical event records BBEH.00 [M]Superficial spreading melanoma
42040 GP clinical event records BBEM.00 [M]Malignant melanoma in giant pigmented naevus
42040 GP clinical event records BBEN.11 [M]Juvenila melanoma
42040 GP clinical event records BBEP.00 [M]Epithelioid cell melanoma
42040 GP clinical event records BBEQ.00 [M]Spindle cell melanoma NOS
42040 GP clinical event records BBES.00 [M]Spindle cell melanoma, type B
42040 GP clinical event records BBET.00 [M]Mixed epithelioid and spindle melanoma
42040 GP clinical event records Byu4000 [X]Malignant melanoma of other+unspecified parts of face
42040 GP clinical event records Byu4100 [X]Malignant melanoma of skin, unspecified
42040 GP clinical event records XSNL7 Breslow depth staging for melanoma
42040 GP clinical event records XSHw6 Clark melanoma level 3
42040 GP clinical event records XSHw4 Clark melanoma level 1
42040 GP clinical event records XSHw7 Clark melanoma level 4
42040 GP clinical event records XaEGU Malignant melanoma of chest wall
42040 GP clinical event records XaCIv Malignant melanoma of back
42040 GP clinical event records XSHw8 Clark melanoma level 5
42040 GP clinical event records XSHw5 Clark melanoma level 2
42040 GP clinical event records XE1wX [M]Malignant melanoma NOS
40006 Type of cancer: ICD10 C43 Malignant melanoma of skin