Identifying high-risk melanoma patients: The importance of acquiring a detailed family history.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is essential to identify individuals with the highest risk of developing melanoma and to withhold individuals from surveillance with a low risk. However, international consensus on surveillance indications and the role of family history is still lacking.

Objectives

To provide more insight into the association between a family history of melanoma and the risk of developing melanoma.

Methods

Adults who participated in the surveillance programme of the University Medical Center Groningen between June 1995 and November 2017 were retrospectively included. Participants were stratified into risk groups according to genetic assessment and family history following current Dutch guidelines: hereditary melanoma (risk group 1), familial melanoma (risk group 2) and t

SUBMITTER: Jansen MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12553121 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature