2014
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-014-2286-0
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Health behaviors and needs of melanoma survivors

Abstract: Melanoma survivors experience continuing symptoms long after treatment, namely anxiety, and they express a need for information about long-term melanoma effects, psychosocial support, and prevention of further skin cancer.

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“…Although no studies have investigated clustering of preventive behaviour in melanoma patients before, our results regarding patient engagement in individual sun protective behaviours are consistent with other findings, namely that female patients are more likely than males to wear sunscreen and males are more likely to wear a hat . Like others, we also found that those with a previous melanoma were likely to engage in preventive behaviours, especially clinical skin examination . Regarding the associations with prognostic indicators, one other study found no association of weekend sun exposure with melanoma ulceration, while our study found no overall association with lack of sun protection.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
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“…Although no studies have investigated clustering of preventive behaviour in melanoma patients before, our results regarding patient engagement in individual sun protective behaviours are consistent with other findings, namely that female patients are more likely than males to wear sunscreen and males are more likely to wear a hat . Like others, we also found that those with a previous melanoma were likely to engage in preventive behaviours, especially clinical skin examination . Regarding the associations with prognostic indicators, one other study found no association of weekend sun exposure with melanoma ulceration, while our study found no overall association with lack of sun protection.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
“…12 Like others, we also found that those with a previous melanoma were likely to engage in preventive behaviours, 3 especially clinical skin examination. 10,20 Regarding the associations with prognostic indicators, one other study found no association of weekend sun exposure with melanoma ulceration, 21 while our study found no overall association with lack of sun protection. However, we did observe a low likelihood of ulceration in females with no past history of melanoma/ skin cancer who used sun protection and had skin checks, and thus our data do not offer support for the hypothesis that high sun exposure before diagnosis of melanoma may improve prognosis.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 65%
“…As previously reported, most participants reported being shocked and overwhelmed at the time of diagnosis and having significant information needs [1618]. Our data also support those of others who found melanoma survivors may experience treatment-specific symptoms such as fatigue and nausea, associated with adjuvant therapy [1921], and lingering altered sensation and pain at the surgery site [22].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 87%
“…[25] While long-term melanoma survivors were less likely to report indoor tanning in the past year than controls, a small number of survivors reported still engaging in this behavior. This phenomenon has been reported elsewhere[26, 27] and indicates a small proportion of individuals will continue this high-risk behavior despite a melanoma diagnosis.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 77%
“…A number of studies have reported sunscreen use among melanoma survivors,[10, 11, 27, 3033] however, a review found that general population estimates of regular sunscreen use vary greatly in the literature (7–90%),[34] therefore it is critical to simultaneously collect data on population controls for comparison. Few studies have included a control group[23, 24, 26, 35]; the largest to date compared 156 melanoma survivors to 11408 respondents without cancer who participated in 2005 and 2007 National Cancer Institute Health Information National Trends Surveys (HINTS).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%