Non melanoma skin cancer and subsequent cancer risk.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Several studies have shown an increased risk of cancer after non melanoma skin cancers (NMSC) but the individual risk factors underlying this risk have not been elucidated, especially in relation to sun exposure and skin sensitivity to sunlight.

Purpose

The aim of this study was to examine the individual risk factors associated with the development of subsequent cancers after non melanoma skin cancer.

Methods

Participants in the population-based New Hampshire Skin Cancer Study provided detailed risk factor data, and subsequent cancers were identified via linkage with the state cancer registry. Deaths were identified via state and national death records. A Cox proportional hazard model was used to estimate risk of subsequent malignancies in NMSC patients v

SUBMITTER: Rees JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4061037 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature