Smoking status associated with melanoma survival
Source: Healio, February 2024
Key takeaways:
- Patients with melanoma who smoke had an increased risk for melanoma-associated death.
- The risk is even greater for those who smoke 20 or more cigarettes a day .
Patients with melanoma who smoke have a higher risk for melanoma-related death, according to a study.
“In past studies, and for decades, there has been no evidence to suggest that smoking increases your chance of developing melanoma. This is in contrast to many other cancer types where we know smoking increases your risk of getting cancer,” Katherine M. Jackson, MD, of the department of surgical oncology at Saint John’s Cancer Institute and the study’s lead author, told Healio.