Incident (first primary) MM diagnoses (ICD-8 code 203; ICD-O-2 code 9732; ICD-O-3 code 9732) were self-reported or identified through death records or linkage to state cancer registries. All cases were confirmed by review of medical records or cancer registries. After baseline exclusions, we confirmed 2756 incident MM diagnoses across the six studies.
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