AYA Patients With Melanoma Fare Worse at All Stages Than Older Adults
Source: Oncology Nurse Advisor, February 2023
Survival outcomes among adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with advanced melanoma were much worse than in older adults. These findings from a population-based study were published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
Melanoma is one of the most common cancers among AYAs, and advanced disease is associated with poor survival. To date, data about mortality risk factors among young populations remain limited.
Data for this study were sourced from 81,597 patients in the California Cancer Registry (CCR) with cutaneous melanoma diagnosed between 2004 and 2015 and evaluated for survival through 2017. Risk factors for mortality were evaluated on the basis of age.