TABLE I.
Skin Cancer Surveillance Behaviors and Doctor Conversations Among the Full Sample of Childhood Cancer Survivors and by Radiation Treatment History
| Full Sample (n = 94) % |
History of radiation treatment (n = 29) % |
No history of radiation treatment (n = 65) % |
pc | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ever conducted a skin self-examination (SSE) | 0.344 | |||
| No | 52.1 | 44.8 | 55.4 | |
| Yes | 47.9 | 55.2 | 44.6 | |
| Time since last SSEa | 0.224d | |||
| Within the past 2 months | 44.4 | 31.2 | 51.7 | |
| More than 2 months | 55.6 | 68.8 | 48.3 | |
| Ever received a physician skin examination (PSE) | 0.002 | |||
| Don’t know | 22.3 | 10.3 | 27.7 | |
| No | 46.8 | 34.5 | 52.3 | |
| Yes | 30.9 | 55.2 | 20.0 | |
| Time since last PSEb | 0.702d | |||
| Within the past 12 months | 62.1 | 56.2 | 69.2 | |
| More than 1 year | 37.9 | 43.8 | 30.8 | |
| Doctor talked to you about your risk of skin cancer | 0.012 | |||
| No | 37.0 | 17.9 | 45.3 | |
| Yes | 63.0 | 82.1 | 54.7 | |
| Doctor suggested that you regularly examine your skin for signs of skin cancer | 0.174 | |||
| No | 50.0 | 39.3 | 54.7 | |
| Yes | 50.0 | 60.7 | 45.3 | |
| Doctor talked about the best way to examine your skin | 0.223 | |||
| No | 72.8 | 64.3 | 76.6 | |
| Yes | 27.2 | 35.7 | 23.4 | |
| Doctor encouraged you to schedule a physician skin exam | 0.054 | |||
| No | 59.8 | 44.0 | 66.7 | |
| Yes | 40.2 | 56.0 | 33.3 |
a
Among participants who reported ever conducting a SSE.
b
Among participants who reported ever receiving a PSE.
c
p-values from comparison tests between CCS with and without a history of radiation treatment (chi-square tests were performed except where noted).
d
Fisher’s Exact Test was performed due to lack of cell size for comparison