Skin cancer early detection practices among adult survivors of childhood cancer treated with radiation
Journal of Investigative Dermatology Apr 12, 2019
Geller AC, et al. - Adult survivors of childhood cancer who received radiation therapy have higher rates of skin cancer vs the general population, so researchers assessed radiation-treated, adult five-year survivors of childhood cancer, diagnosed between 1970-1986 in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS) cohort to see how well they adhere to skin cancer screening guidelines. In this cross-sectional survey, they reported that 13.1% of 728 survivors both performed skin self-examination (SSE) in the previous 2 months and received physician whole-body skin examination (PSE) in the earlier 12 months. They found 16.4% and 11.0% of patients had only an SSE or a PSE, respectively; 59.5% of people reported having had neither. Strategies for early detection of skin cancer are not practiced by most of these adult survivors, so interventions to increase screening are needed.
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