Skin cancer risk-reduction counseling with adolescents: Pediatrician perspectives

Mallorie L Gordon^{1

2}, Vivian M Rodriguez^{1

3}, Sophie J Balk⁴, Maribeth Chitkara⁵, Allan Halpern⁶, Alan C Geller⁷, Jennifer L Hay¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
² Department of Psychology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
³ Center for Mind+Body Health, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
⁴ Academic General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York, USA.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, New York, USA.
⁶ Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁷ Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.

Mallorie L Gordon et al. Psychooncology. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;29(8):1363-1365.

doi: 10.1002/pon.5414. Epub 2020 Jun 18.

Mallorie L Gordon^{1

2}, Vivian M Rodriguez^{1

3}, Sophie J Balk⁴, Maribeth Chitkara⁵, Allan Halpern⁶, Alan C Geller⁷, Jennifer L Hay¹

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
² Department of Psychology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
³ Center for Mind+Body Health, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
⁴ Academic General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York, USA.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, New York, USA.
⁶ Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁷ Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: adolescent; directive counseling; health risk assessment; melanoma; prevention; risk reduction; sun protection.

Conflict of interest statement

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

The authors have no financial relationships relevant to this article to disclose.

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