Trial reportJournal of cancer survivorship : research and practice2015
Effects of web-based intervention on risk reduction behaviors in melanoma survivors.
Trial report in Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review with evidence mapping of supportive care interventions for melanoma patients and caregivers.Cancer medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Prevalence and correlates of skin self-examination behaviors among melanoma survivors: a systematic review.Translational behavioral medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Impact of the Method of Delivering Electronic Health Behavior Change Interventions in Survivors of Cancer on Engagement, Health Behaviors, and Health Outcomes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Advancing Survivors Knowledge (ASK Study) of Skin Cancer Surveillance After Childhood Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2023Trial
- A UVR-sensor wearable device intervention to reduce sun exposure in melanoma survivors: Results from a randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2023Trial
- mySmartCheck, a Digital Intervention to Promote Skin Self-examination Among Individuals Diagnosed With or at Risk for Melanoma: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2022Trial
- Randomized controlled trial of the mySmartSkin web-based intervention to promote skin self-examination and sun protection among individuals diagnosed with melanoma.Translational behavioral medicine · 2021Trial
- Sun Safe Partners Online: Pilot Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Trial
- Randomized trial of a web-based survivor intervention on melanoma prevention behaviors of first-degree relatives.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2019Trial
- Communication Among Melanoma Family Members.Journal of health communication · 2017Trial
- Sun protection behaviors, healthcare access, and smoking among melanoma survivors.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Article
- Employing skin self-examination and fear of cancer recurrence management in early-stage melanoma follow-up: evaluation of the MELACARE intervention in a randomised controlled trial.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- Participant recruitment and retention in randomised controlled trials of melanoma surveillance: A scoping review.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2025Review
- A Digital Intervention to Improve Skin Self-Examination Among Survivors of Melanoma: Protocol for a Type-1 Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Randomized Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Facebook Intervention for Young-Onset Melanoma Survivors and Families: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Digital interventions for promoting sun protection and skin self-examination behaviors: A systematic review.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Review
- Melanoma detection by skin self-examination targeting at-risk women: A randomized controlled trial with telemedicine support for concerning moles.Preventive medicine reports · 2021Article
- Correlates of sun protection behaviors among melanoma survivors.BMC public health · 2021Article
- What improves the likelihood of people receiving genetic test results communicating to their families about genetic risk?Patient education and counseling · 2021Article
- Development of FamilyTalk: an Intervention to Support Communication and Educate Families About Colorectal Cancer Risk.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeMelanoma is the most severe form of skin cancer, and survivors of melanoma carry increased risk of additional melanoma diagnosis. Multiple methods exist for primary and secondary prevention of melanoma in survivors. This study tested a web-based family communication intervention to improve these preventive behaviors in melanoma families.
methodsFamilies (a survivor, at least one first-degree relative and a parent) were randomized either to receive the intervention package or to serve as comparison families. We assessed melanoma prevention behaviors in each cohort member before and after the intervention. The intervention was a web-based multicomponent intervention focused on increasing family communication and exchange of risk information.
resultsResults indicated that, compared to comparison survivors, intervention survivors improved their skin self-examination and their sun protection behaviors significantly from before to after intervention.
conclusionThese data support the use of web-based interventions for behavioral changes in survivors and allow for consideration of dissemination of this successful intervention. These data have implications for interventions that can help cancer families deal with issues of risk and illness. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: These data indicate that survivors can benefit from exposure to a website that helps direct their future health behaviors.
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