Indoor tanning exposure in association with multiple primary melanoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with primary cutaneous melanoma are at increased risk for subsequent new primary melanomas. Indoor tanning is a recognized risk factor for melanoma. This study was aimed at determining the association between indoor tanning and the occurrence of multiple primary melanoma.

Methods

This was a retrospective case-control study of cases with multiple primary melanoma and sex-matched controls with single primary melanoma retrieved at a 1:2 ratio from the Biological Sample and Nevus Bank of the Melanoma Center of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. Logistic regression models were used to examine the association between multiple primary melanoma and risk factors.

Results

In total, 330 patients (39.1% men) with a median age of 51 years were enrol

SUBMITTER: Karapetyan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11572554 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature