Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Double the Risk of Melanoma as Adults
Source: Med Page Today, January 2025
A history of childhood cancer more than doubled the risk of melanoma and premature death in adults, a large retrospective review showed.
Although the absolute risk of melanoma at 40 years was small, survivors of childhood cancer had a standardized incidence ratio of 2.0 for invasive skin or ocular melanoma as compared with the general population. The risk was driven in large