Patients' Views About Skin Self-examination After Treatment for Localized Melanoma.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Skin self-examination (SSE) is a key factor in the early detection of melanoma, and many new and recurrent melanomas are first detected by patients themselves or their family members.

Objective

To explore the views of patients with melanoma regarding SSE in general, as well as their attitudes toward using novel digital technologies to support their own SSE.

Design, setting, and participants

Qualitative study with semistructured interviews that were conducted from June 20 to December 12, 2016, with 37 individuals in Sydney, Australia, who were previously treated for a first primary localized melanoma during 2014 and had not had a recurrence or new primary melanoma in the time since treatment.

Main outcomes and measures

Patients' views and experiences,

SUBMITTER: Dieng M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6537768 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature