Recent tanning bed use: a risk factor for melanoma.
BACKGROUND
Individuals at increased risk of melanoma should use sun-protective measures to decrease their risk of developing melanoma.


METHODS
We report a case of a 39-year-old patient with a CDKN2A mutation who developed 3 primary melanomas within a few years of initiating tanning bed use.


CONCLUSIONS
Intense UV exposure as an adult likely contributed to the development of additional primary melanomas in this individual.
Buckel
Tamy B H
TB
Division of Cancer Prevention and Genetic Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Goldstein
Alisa M
AM
Fraser
Mary C
MC
Rogers
Barbara
B
Tucker
Margaret A
MA
D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D001505:Beauty Culture; D019941:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16 / Q000235:genetics*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D009154:Mutation; D012307:Risk Factors; D012782:Shoulder; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays / Q000009:adverse effects*
D019941:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16