Patients with multiple melanomas are at increased risk of death

Dutch researchers are calling for closer monitoring of patients
Clare Pain
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Patients who develop more than one cutaneous melanoma may need closer surveillance as they are at greater risk of death, a Dutch study suggests.

In what the researchers say is the largest study to date, those with multiple melanomas at diagnosis had a 31% increased risk of death over a median follow-up of 6.25 years compared with those who had only one melanoma.