(Reuters Health) Melanoma survivors are at increased risk of other cancers as well as the return of their skin cancers, according to a new study, leading National Cancer Institute researchers to urge lifelong follow-up of such survivors.
The risks of a second cancer were highest within the first year and declined somewhat over time but "remained quite elevated more than 20 years" after the first diagnosis.
Despite high survival rates for melanoma, there's no international consensus on how melanoma survivors should be followed-up.
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