Identification of Risk Factors for Acral Melanoma in US Veterans
Results of this study suggest that several factors were associated with AM in veterans and a need for continued investigation of AM as a distinct entity from CM and may inform future evaluations of the associations between AOE and AM in veteran populations.
Authors
- Theodore C. Feldman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9592-8998)
- Jonathan C. Hwang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6415-9369)
- Charles Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8749-4722)
- Rebecca I. Hartman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5559-9100)
- N. Fillmore
- Sergey Goryachev
- Maryam M. Asgari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1582-3475)
- Marc Hurlbert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3301-3572)
- V. Nhan
- John Michael Gaziano
- Christy Zheng
- Linden B. Huhmann
- Nicholas Starink
- Martin A. Weinstock
- Kelly Cho
- Yevgeniy R. Semenov
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Boston Medical Center (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Brown University (US)
- VA Boston Healthcare System (US)
- Providence VA Medical Center (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Melanoma Research Alliance (US)
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (US)
- Providence Center (US)
- Department of Veterans Affairs (AU)
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Dermatology
- Published
- 2026-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamadermatol.2025.5827
- Primary Topic
- Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00