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BIB_400

🟢 Friedman, Williams, Lo, Thompson 2024 EClinicalMedicine — definitive melanoma-specific smoking-OUTCOMES meta-analysis (46 studies, n=164,166; MIA/Sydney). KEY ACTIONABLE: current-smokers have 33% higher melanoma death (HR 1.33) BUT former-smokers ≈ never-smokers (HR 1.04, NS) — quitting FULLY normalises the excess melanoma-death risk. Fills a real brief gap (alcohol fully covered BIB378; smoking-incidence via Xu MR; but NOT smoking-outcomes).

Evidence grade

A

Tier

1 (EClinicalMedicine — peer-reviewed; 46-study meta n=164,166; MIA/Sydney author

Cited by tasks

10, 11, 21, 24, 25, 5a

Identifiers

PMC11701488 · DOI:10.1016/j · PMID:39763510

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