Dermatologic Care and Sun Protection Practices Need Improvement in Childhood Cancer Survivors

    January 2019 in “ Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology ”
    Edward Li, Patricia Todd, Hannah Song, Jennifer T. Huang
    TLDR Childhood cancer survivors need better skin care and sun protection.
    The study highlighted that childhood cancer survivors often faced significant delays in dermatologic care, with many waiting over a decade post-therapy for their first dermatology visit. Among 78 patients reviewed, only 24.3% had seen a dermatologist before, and 44.9% had received a full-body skin examination. Despite 71.8% reporting sunscreen use, 35.9% experienced sunburns in the past year. Diagnoses included alopecia (17.9%), scarring (7.7%), atypical nevi (5.1%), and basal cell carcinoma (1.3%). The findings underscored the need for improved dermatologic surveillance and sun protection education to mitigate the risk of serious skin complications in this vulnerable population.
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