Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV
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J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol · Nov 2012
Risk of multiple primary cancers following melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer.
The relationship between cutaneous malignancies and successive primary cancers has been studied since several years, but it still remains controversial. ⋯ Data from the whole of Umbrian population revealed that skin cancer patients experience marked excess risk of further primary cancers. The main risk in both genders is skin melanoma and other skin cancers. The excess of lymphomas and tongue/mouth cancers is also significant in men, and breast cancer in women. These observations prompt us to include a screening for these cancers in the follow-up of our patients surviving a skin malignancy.