The findings presented in this review reaffirm that tertiary students in the US are at high risk for tanning-associated skin cancer, highlighting the critical need for effective, targeted interventions.
This highly focused one-day event, which featured Australia and New Zealand’s top experts in melanoma epidemiology, treatment, clinical trials and scientific research, identified clear priorities for action to advance melanoma research and therapy.
Two trials reported at the European Society for Medical Oncology (COMBI-AD and CheckMate 238) and published in the New England Journal of Medicine have been proved successful in preventing the spread of disease in Stage III melanoma patients whose tumours had been surgically removed, according to Melanoma Institute Australia. Until now, these patients were at a high risk (40−70 per cent) of their disease progressing to advanced and fatal melanoma.
About two-thirds of melanomas are likely to arise de novo, with almost one-third likely to arise in association with a pre-existing nevus, according to results of a recent meta-analysis. The study also found that nevus-associated melanomas had a lower mean Breslow thickness than de novo melanomas.
Pembrolizumab provides superior overall survival versus ipilimumab, with no difference between pembrolizumab dosing schedules, according to the final results of the 3 KEYNOTE-006 study. According to the authors, these conclusions further support the use of pembrolizumab as a standard of care for advanced melanoma.
CDKN2A mutation status and family history of melanoma significantly affects outcomes in patients with multiple primary melanomas, according to authors of this study.
Compared to other short instruments measuring symptoms of a potential IT addiction, the Behavioral Addiction Indoor Tanning Screener (BAITS) seems to be a valid and reliable tool, according to authors of this study.
This review examines the literature on psychosocial influences on indoor tanning among adolescents and young adults, and highlights ways in which technology and social media can be used for prevention efforts.
Patients with poor baseline performance status (PS) have a significantly lower overall survival (OS) and reduced response to anti-PD1, according to findings of this Australian study.
“Alcohol consumption and tobacco smoking are potential lifestyle confounders which should be adjusted in studies investigating the association that sun and/or solarium exposure may have with risk of several cancer sites,” according to the authors of a study of Swedish women.