Trends in histological subtypes of cutaneous melanoma in the Netherlands from 1989 to 2023 – Influence of sunlight exposure and overdiagnosis
Melanoma incidence has continued to increase over the past decades with unchanged mortality. Different sunshine exposures across the generations complicate the interpretation of the trends. It is further suggested that half of the rising incidence rate is caused by overdiagnosis. We compared the time trends in the major but not all sunlight-related histological subtypes of cutaneous melanoma in the Netherlands in 1989-2023.