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ArticleJournal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV2022

Diet quality is associated with primary melanoma thickness.

M C B Hughes, M Malt, K Khosrotehrani, B M Smithers, A C Green

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Article in Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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M C B HughesPopulation Health Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
M MaltPopulation Health Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
K KhosrotehraniExperimental Dermatology Group, The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6406-4076
B M SmithersQueensland Melanoma Project, Princess Alexandra Hospital, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Qld, Australia.
A C GreenPopulation Health Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2753-4841

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NHMRC Program Grants 1073898NHMRC Program Grants 552429
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPatients' diets can influence the outcome of several common cancers, but the effect on melanoma prognosis is unknown.

objectiveTo assess the association between quality of melanoma patients' prediagnosis diets and primary tumour thickness, the main prognostic indicator for melanoma.

methodsWe used baseline data from patients newly diagnosed with tumour stage Ib to IV cutaneous melanoma, with completed questionnaires about food intake in the past year and other factors. Diet quality was measured by the Healthy Eating Index (HEI) and melanoma thickness was extracted from histopathology reports. We estimated prevalence ratios (PR

resultsOf 634 study patients, 238 (38%) had melanomas >2 mm thick at diagnosis. Patients with the highest HEI scores were significantly less likely to be diagnosed with thick melanoma than patients with lowest HEI scores (PR

conclusionsMelanoma thickness at diagnosis is significantly associated with quality of patients' diets before diagnosis.

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MelanomaSkin NeoplasmsDietHumansPrognosisSurveys and Questionnaires

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