The benefit of early-stage diagnosis: A registry-based survey evaluating the quality of life in patients with melanoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The morbidity associated with advanced stage melanoma is an important consideration in the dialog surrounding early detection and overdiagnosis. Few studies have stratified melanoma patient quality of life (QoL) by stage at diagnosis.

Objective

We sought to investigate if melanoma stage is independently associated with changes in QoL within a large, community-based melanoma registry. Secondarily, we investigated whether demographic factors such as age, geographic location or level of education are associated with changes in QoL in the same population.

Methods

1108 melanoma patients were surveyed over a three-month period using the QoL in Adult Cancer Survivors Survey, consisting of 47 items on a 7-point frequency scale. Data were analysed using both descrip

SUBMITTER: Young JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10395626 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature