Frailty and survival outcomes in veterans with invasive cutaneous melanoma: A Veterans Affairs Cancer Registry retrospective cohort study

Linden B Huhmann; Jonathan C Hwang; Daniel Y Kim; Kaelyn Nannini; Nhan V Do; John M Gaziano; Lee E Wheless; Nathanael R Fillmore; Rebecca I Hartman

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2026.03.019

Frailty and survival outcomes in veterans with invasive cutaneous melanoma: A Veterans Affairs Cancer Registry retrospective cohort study

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2026 Mar 12:S0190-9622(26)00395-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2026.03.019. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Linden B Huhmann¹, Jonathan C Hwang², Daniel Y Kim³, Kaelyn Nannini⁴, Nhan V Do⁵, John M Gaziano⁶, Lee E Wheless⁷, Nathanael R Fillmore⁸, Rebecca I Hartman⁹

Affiliations

¹ Cooperative Studies Program Informatics Center, Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
² University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Dermatology Section, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts; Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Dermatology Section, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts; Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Cooperative Studies Program Informatics Center, Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Section of Hematology, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury, Massachusetts.
⁶ Cooperative Studies Program Informatics Center, Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Aging, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁷ Tennessee Valley Healthcare System Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Department of Dermatology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁸ Cooperative Studies Program Informatics Center, Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁹ Dermatology Section, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts; Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: rhartman@bwh.harvard.edu.

PMID: 41831612
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2026.03.019

No abstract available

Keywords: VA; VA-FI; VACR; Veterans Affairs; Veterans Affairs Cancer Registry; Veterans Affairs Frailty Index; cutaneous melanoma; dermatology; frailty; melanoma-specific survival; overall survival; veteran.