Research: Risk of Repeat Melanoma High
5th Oct 2005, 23:39 GMT
People who are diagnosed with melanoma are at a high risk of having it come back after the initial lesion is treated and removed. That is according to research published in this week’s Journal of the American Medical Association. Strong words of caution from one of the study’s authors, Dr. Daniel Coit of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, as quoted by Reuters: "If you've had a melanoma, you are at lifetime risk for developing a second or third primary melanoma, and it's absolutely incumbent on every single patient with melanoma to be rigorous in insisting on long-term contact with their dermatologist." A primary melanoma is one that develops anew as compared to tumors that spread from an existing site. Summary of the research available here. Read Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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