• J Cancer Educ · Jan 2005

    Skin cancer risk discussions in melanoma-affected families.

    • Jennifer Hay, Jamie Ostroff, Alisa Martin, Nicole Serle, Sireesha Soma, Urvi Mujumdar, and Marianne Berwick.
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10022, USA. hayj@mskcc.org
    • J Cancer Educ. 2005 Jan 1;20(4):240-6.

    BackgroundFirst-degree relatives (FDRs) of melanoma patients are at increased melanoma risk and thus represent an important target for prevention education. Family skin cancer risk discussions may be a useful education context.MethodsWe assessed melanoma patients' (N = 115) self-reported family skin cancer risk discussions and changes in FDRs' prevention strategies.ResultsMelanoma patients overwhelmingly (94%) reported risk discussions, primarily to communicate about melanoma prevention. These discussions occurred most frequently with patients' children (36%). Nearly half (46%) of household FDRs increased their melanoma prevention and control behaviors.ConclusionsThis study attests to the potential to engage melanoma-affected families in prevention education.

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