Inherited Melanoma Risk: What You Do Know Does Help You

Monday, June 23, 2008 - 11:28 in Health & Medicine

When people know the results of genetic tests confirming they have inherited an increased risk of developing melanoma, they follow skin cancer screening recommendations more proactively -- much like those who have already been diagnosed with the potentially deadly disease, according to a study in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

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