Sex disparities in melanoma: Beyond stage at diagnosis
Eglė Janušonytė, Myrto Trakatelli · 2026
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Egle Janusonyte and Myrto Trakatelli write, in a 2026 commentary, on why men fare worse than women with melanoma, a serious skin cancer. They build on a Danish study of near 30,500 patients. In that group, men more often had thick, open tumors at first check. They also more often had spread to nodes or far sites. The pair ask how much of that gap can be changed, and what clinics should do in a new way.
Late checks play a part: men test their own skin less and wait longer to seek care. Tumors on the trunk, more common in men, are also hard to spot at home. Yet the gap holds when stage is matched, with men at higher risk of return and death. That fact points to gaps in tumor growth or body response by sex, not just late care.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Eglė Janušonytė, Myrto Trakatelli |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 4 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |