Study: Skin-cancer survivors less likely to die of melanoma

Those who have survived skin cancer don’t want to get it again, which likely makes them more vigilant about the state of their flesh. And a new study shows that vigilance can be life-saving. For the study, published in the May issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology , researchers looked at more than 900 cases of melanoma reported through the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. They found that men with a history of nonmelanoma skin cancer were less likely to die of melanoma than those without a history. The research was led by Jiali Han, a professor and chair of epidemiology at the Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health in Indianapolis.

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