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Jennifer Hay, PhD; Elyse Shuk, MA; Mary S. Brady, MD; Marianne Berwick, MPH, PhD; Jamie Ostroff, PhD; Allan Halpern, MD

Arch Dermatol. 2008;144(4):553-554.

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Physicians often recommend that melanoma survivors discuss family-wide physician skin screening and sun protection.¹ Family discussions about melanoma are prevalent² and can potentiate screening and sun protection.^3-4 The goals of the current study are to examine processes that enhance or discourage communication about melanoma in affected families.

Methods

We recruited patients with melanoma at surgical follow-up 3 to 18 months after diagnosis of the disease. Eligible patients (English proficient;  age 18 years; non–stage IV; with at least 1 child  age 18 years) were approached by their surgeon and a research study assistant. Interested patients attended the study interview with one of their adult children. Nineteen family pairs (adult child and patient with melanoma) were accrued from 74 eligible families approached (Table). Patients reported choosing the child they did because . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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