Perceptions Of Tanning Risk Among Melanoma Patients With A History Of Indoor Tanning

Abstract

A new US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation classified tanning beds as class II, requiring indoor tanning facilities to inform users of the risk of skin cancer in efforts to reverse the growing trend in indoor tanning. However, little is known from the patient's perspective on whether knowledge of the risk of skin cancer development is a deterrent to indoor tanning. There also is conflicting literature regarding the relationship among frequency of indoor tanning, age at onset of melanoma diagnosis, and characteristics of diagnosis in melanoma patients with a history of indoor tanning. An international survey was conducted in patients 18 years and older who selfreported being diagnosed with melanoma after indoor tanning. The purpose of this study was to investigate the patients' perspective on indoor-tanning behaviors as associated with the severity of their melanomas and the time frame in which they were diagnosed as well as their perceived views on the safety of indoor tanning and the frequency in which they continue to tan indoors.

Publication Date

1-1-2018

Publication Title

Cutis

Volume

101

Issue

1

Number of Pages

47-50

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

85041416453 (Scopus)

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85041416453

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