title: Focus on early detection to reduce melanoma deaths.
abstract: Thin fatal melanomas are a relatively new clinical and public health concern, representing an estimated 20% of melanoma deaths. Understanding this phenomenon will require a multi-pronged approach, including in-depth investigation of its behavioral and biological underpinnings. As we proceed with relevant studies, the benefits in lives saved will grow via early detection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Electronic address: ageller@hsph.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Alan C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Geller
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Pigmented Lesion and Melanoma Program at Stanford University Medical Center and Cancer Institute and Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, USA.
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Swetter
authors.affiliation: Center for Dermatoepidemiology, VA Medical Center, Providence Department of Dermatology, Rhode Island Hospital Departments of Dermatology and Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
authors.forename: Martin A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Weinstock
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology*