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Study finds melanoma,
breast cancer link
If you've had breast cancer or
melanoma (the deadliest form of skin
cancer), be aware that having either
one raises the odds of developing the
other, according to a recent study pub
lished in the Irish Journal of Medical
Science. While earlier studies have
noted an association between the two
malignancies, this is the first time
researchers have explicitly advised doc
tors to monitor breast cancer patients
for signs of melanoma, and vice versa.
They also recommend that melanoma
patients with a family history of breast
cancer have regular mammography’s or
breast MRIs (magnetic resonance
imaging).
What the Numbers Say: Investigators
led by photo biologist Gillian M.
Murphy, MD, of the Beaumont Hospital
in Dublin, and a member of The Skin
Cancer Foundation's International
Advisory Council, examined the 6,788
cases of melanoma and 27,597 cases of
breast carcinoma between 1994 and
2007 documented in Ireland's National
Cancer Registry. They mathematically
determined that if there was no statis
tically significant relationship between
the two, 30-35 patients could be expect
ed to have both malignancies. Instead,
there were 127. "In general, patients
with melanoma or other skin cancers
are always at higher risk of developing
other malignancies," Dr. Murphy com
mented. "But this is about a fourfold
increase, which raises the possibility of
a genetic predisposition linking the two
cancers."
The study corroborates the findings of
journals such as Annals of Oncology
and Breast Cancer Research and
Treatment, which reported that breast
cancer patients have between 1.4 and
2.7 times the risk of developing
melanoma. And the danger is recipro
cal: The International Journal of
Cancer noted that female melanoma
patients have a 1.4 times greater
chance of developing breast cancer.
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