Patient Activated Education Effective as Surveillance for Skin Cancer in Childhood Cancer Survivors
Researchers sought to determine feasibility of methods for encouraging improved skin cancer self-examination among survivors of childhood cancers.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Regular Use of Vitamin D Linked to Fewer Melanoma Cases
Lower percentage of individuals seen with history of past or present melanoma, any type of skin cancer among regular users.
Survival Rates High for Children, Teens With Melanoma
Primary tumor ulceration, head/neck location, and Breslow thickness >4 mm predict worse survival in teens.
Overall Cancer Mortality Continued to Decline From 2019 to 2020
Prostate cancer incidence increased from 2014 to 2019; large decrease in cervical cancer incidence linked to HPV vaccine.
Moderna, Merck Report on Promising Melanoma Vaccine
Companies announced that the vaccine performed well in a small study of patients who had the cancer surgically removed.
Presence of Many Nevi Increases Risk for Second Primary Melanoma Diagnosis
A study in Australia explored the factors that increase the risk for a second primary melanoma.
Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes Up PFS in Advanced Melanoma
Significantly longer progression-free survival seen with infusion of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes versus ipilimumab.
Melanoma Diagnosis Linked to Increased Risk of Prostate Cancer
More than twofold increased risk of prostate cancer seen for men with first melanoma diagnosed 10 to 15 years before study recruitment.
Subset of Stage I Melanoma Patients ID’d With Very Low Mortality
Younger age at diagnosis, Clark level II linked to low risk for death among patients with stage I lesions, negative clinical nodes.
USPSTF: Evidence Still Lacking for Routine Skin Cancer Screening
Current evidence is insufficient for assessing balance of benefits and harms of screening for asymptomatic teens, adults.
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