The relation between mortality from malignant melanoma and early detection in the Cancer Research Campaign Mole Watcher Study

Between 1987 and 1989 the Cancer Research Campaign funded a health education programme for the early detection of cutaneous malignant melanoma in the general population in 6 health districts of England and 1 health board in Scotland (population of 3 million). The intervention was evaluated by studying its effects on annual and cumulative mortality rates for melanoma. Population-based data on mortality from melanoma were collected in the intervention areas, the health regions covering those areas, and 5 other health regions of England from 1981 to 1996. Deaths from melanoma in cases diagnosed after the start of the intervention were used to study cumulative mortality rates. The annual mortality rates for melanoma, 1981 to 1996, showed no significant difference in their trends between the intervention areas, and other areas of England and Wales. After adjustment for pre-intervention rates, there was also no significant reduction in cumulative mortality from melanoma in the intervention areas compared with the non-intervention areas: rate ratio 1.2 (95% Cl 0.9–1.7) in men, 0.9 (95% Cl 0.7–1.3) in females. The lack of a significant reduction in melanoma mortality associated with the intervention raises questions about this approach to early detection and emphasises the need for new strategies. © 2001 Cancer Research Campaignhttp://www.bjcancer.co

LXXII.—List of a collection of small mammals made by Mr. A. L. Butler in the Bahr-el-Ghazal

Volume: 20Start Page: 500End Page: 50

Summary of the Results from the Indian Mammal Survey of the Bombay Natural History Society

Volume: 25Start Page: 547End Page: 59

XLIX.—On some mammals collected by Mr. Robin Kemp in S. Nigeria

Volume: 17Start Page: 375End Page: 37

LXIX.—Notes on the various Forms of Arvicanthis pumilio, Sparrm

Volume: 16Start Page: 629End Page: 63

LXIV.—Notes on the genus Tatera, with descriptions of new species

Volume: 17Start Page: 474End Page: 49

XXX.—Some servals and an Otomys from East Africa

Volume: 5Start Page: 205End Page: 20

XLVII.—On the forms of squirrel hitherto classed under Sc. finlaysoni, Horsf

Volume: 2Start Page: 393End Page: 40

Scientific results from the mammal survey, No. XIII. G. — New rodents from Sikkim

Volume: 24Start Page: 424End Page: 43

V. On a collection of Mammals made by Mr. S. A. Neave in Rhodesia, north of the Zambesi, with field-notes by the collector

Volume: 51Start Page: 1End Page: 3