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1. Screening for Skin Cancer: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2001 - mortality, and inci- dence of melanoma and other skin cancers is increasing.1 Malignant Melanoma In … Men aged .65, who constitute 5.2% of the U.S. population, have 22% of newly diagnosed malignant melanomas … Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 20, Number 3S examination, no malignant melanomas and three … High risk of malignant melanoma in melanoma-prone families with dysplastic nevi. … Cutaneous malignant melanoma.

2. Archived: Skin Cancer: Screening and Behavioral Counseling, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   January 01, 1996 - High risk of malignant melanoma in melanoma-prone families with dysplastic nevi. … Cutaneous malignant melanoma after Hodgkins's disease. … Accuracy in the clinical diagnosis of malignant melanoma. … Epidemiological aspects of cutaneous malignant melanoma. … Wavelengths effective in induction of malignant melanoma.

3. Archived: Final Recommendation Statement: Skin Cancer: Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   October 06, 2003 - Men older than age 65 account for 22 percent of the newly diagnosed cases of malignant melanoma each … concluded that evidence is insufficient to advise patients that chemical sunscreens protect against malignant … Association of cutaneous malignant melanoma with intermittent exposure to ultraviolet radiation: results … Is the use of sunscreens a risk factor for malignant melanoma? … Use of topical sunscreens and the risk of malignant melanoma: a meta-analysis of 9067 patients from 11

4. Archived: Skin Cancer: Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   October 06, 2003 - Men older than age 65 account for 22 percent of the newly diagnosed cases of malignant melanoma each … concluded that evidence is insufficient to advise patients that chemical sunscreens protect against malignant … Association of cutaneous malignant melanoma with intermittent exposure to ultraviolet radiation: results … Is the use of sunscreens a risk factor for malignant melanoma? … Use of topical sunscreens and the risk of malignant melanoma: a meta-analysis of 9067 patients from 11

5. Screening for Skin Cancer in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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   July 26, 2016 - Based on melanomas detected within 3 years of the first screen examination, sensitivity for melanoma … in the German-based Central Malignant Melanoma Registry 50 (15.7) 7458 (58.6) 1976-2000 Data obtained … from Central Malignant Melanoma registry. … Clinical whole-body skin examination reduces the incidence of thick melanomas. … Prognostic factors of thin cutaneous melanoma: an analysis of the central malignant melanoma registry

6. Skin Cancer Screening: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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   April 18, 2023 - group compared with the unscreened group (48.3% of all melanomas detected at in situ stage in screened … detected at thickness less than 2 mm (92.6% of in the screened group and 75.9% of melanomas in the usual … National Cancer Database), Australia (Queensland Cancer Registry), Norway (data from the Norwegian Malignant … Clinical whole-body skin examination reduces the incidence of thick melanomas. … Malignant melanoma in African-Americans: a population-based clinical outcomes study involving 1106 African-American

7. Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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   June 01, 2003 - Men older than age 65 account for 22% of the newly diagnosed cases of malignant melanoma each year and … concluded that evidence is insufficient to advise patients that chemical sunscreens protect against malignant … Association of cutaneous malignant melanoma with intermittant exposure to ultraviolet radiation: results … Is the use of sunscreens a risk factor for malignant melanoma? [see comments]. … Use of topical sunscreens and the risk of malignant melanoma: a meta-analysis of 9067 patients from 11

8. Archived: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   February 15, 2009 - Screening consistently identifies melanomas that are, on average, thinner than those found during usual … The majority of suspected melanoma lesions detected during screening programs are not actually melanoma … addition to detecting false-positive lesions, screening identifies nonmelanoma skin cancers and thin melanomas … Medicine recommends that total cutaneous examinations be performed, targeting populations at high risk for malignant … for the general population through the Academy's Melanoma/Skin Cancer Screening Program.

9. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Counseling, 2012 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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   May 15, 2012 - Tanning beds, sunlamps, and risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma. … Is the use of sunscreens a risk factor for malignant melanoma? Melanoma Res . 1995;5:59-65. … Risk factors for cutaneous malignant melanoma: the Western Canada Melanoma Study. … The Danish case-control study of cutaneous malignant melanoma. II. … Case-control study of malignant melanoma in Washington State. I.

10. Recommendation: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    April 18, 2023 - Melanoma constitutes about 1% of skin cancers. … are the most common types of skin cancer but infrequently lead to death or substantial morbidity. 2 Melanomas … An estimated 8000 individuals in the US will die of melanoma in 2023. 3 Melanoma is about 30 times … Available studies show that the majority of melanomas are detected either by the patient discovering … Is physician detection associated with thinner melanomas? JAMA . 1999;281(7):640-643. 15.

11. Archived: Skin Cancer: Screening, April 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    April 01, 2001 - Men aged >65 (5.2% of the U.S. population) are diagnosed with 22% of the new cases of malignant melanoma … Rates of confirmed melanoma and melanoma in situ are commonly in the range of 1 to 4 per 1000 people … Screening consistently identifies melanomas that are, on average, thinner (i.e., at an earlier stage) … Melanoma: detection and symptoms.  Ferrini RL, Perlman M, and Hill L. … NIH Consensus Development Panel on Early Melanoma. Diagnosis and treatment of early melanoma.

12. Archived: Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    October 06, 2003 - With respect to malignant melanoma, several good-quality systematic reviews have sought to integrate … Association of cutaneous malignant melanoma with intermittent exposure to ultraviolet radiation: results … Use of sunbeds or sunlamps and malignant melanoma in southern Sweden. … Is the use of sunscreens a risk factor for malignant melanoma? … Use of topical sunscreens and the risk of malignant melanoma: a meta-analysis of 9,067 patients from

13. Screening for Skin Cancer: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2009 - Does screen­ ing with whole-body examination or by self-examination detect melanomas at an earlier … CQ2: Does screening with whole-body examination or by self-examination detect melanomas at an earlier … Self-detected cutaneous melanomas in Italian patients. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2004; 29:593-6. … Dermatologist detection and skin self-examination are associated with thinner melanomas: results from … Is physician detec­ tion associated with thinner melanomas? JAMA. 1999;281:640-3.

14. Archived: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 26, 2016 - nevi, and a family history of melanoma. … Risk of melanoma also increases with age. … or death from melanoma. … Validity of melanoma diagnosis in a community-based screening program. … Clinical whole-body skin examination reduces the incidence of thick melanomas.

15. Final Recommendation Statement: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    March 20, 2018 - risk. 3 One large population-based study showed increased risk of both melanoma incidence and melanoma … carcinoma. 33 Ten years after conclusion of the trial, the intervention group had half as many incident melanomas … most pronounced for invasive melanoma compared with in situ melanoma. 34 A large US case-control study … Skin self-examination and long-term melanoma survival. Melanoma Res . 2016;26(4):401-8. … Melanoma skin cancer. https://www.cancer.org/cancer/melanoma-skin-cancer.html .

16. Recommendation: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    March 20, 2018 - risk. 3 One large population-based study showed increased risk of both melanoma incidence and melanoma … carcinoma. 33 Ten years after conclusion of the trial, the intervention group had half as many incident melanomas … most pronounced for invasive melanoma compared with in situ melanoma. 34 A large US case-control study … Skin self-examination and long-term melanoma survival. Melanoma Res . 2016;26(4):401-8. … Melanoma skin cancer. https://www.cancer.org/cancer/melanoma-skin-cancer.html .

17. Update on Methods: Insufficient Evidence - Table 3 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    February 01, 2009 - Inspection Domain Information Potential preventable burden About 1,000,000 cases of non-melanoma … skin cancers and 52,000 cases of melanoma are diagnosed each year in the United States. 23 About 11,000 … deaths per year are attributable to skin cancer, about 8,000 of which are from melanomas. … Melanomas detected at a late stage have a poor prognosis.

18. Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    March 20, 2018 - carcinoma.33 Ten years after conclusion of the trial, the intervention group had half as many incident melanomas … most pronounced for invasive melanoma compared with in situ melanoma.34 A large US case-control study … It remains unclear whether the same mechanisms apply to melanoma risk. … Skin self-examination and long-term melanoma survival. Melanoma Res. 2016;26(4):401-408. 36. … Melanoma skin cancer. https://www.cancer.org/cancer/melanoma -skin-cancer.html.

19. Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    March 20, 2018 - The incidence of melanoma, the most severe form of skin cancer, has been increasing, but overall melanoma … Increasing burden of melanoma in the United States. … Cutaneous Melanoma. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: JB Lippincott; 1992. 8. … Host risk factors, ultraviolet index of residence, and incident malignant melanoma in situ among US women … d Assessed via the Self-Assessment Melanoma Risk Score (SAMscore).

20. Final Research Plan: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 30, 2016 - cancer prevention improves intermediate outcomes (sunburn or precursor lesions) or skin cancer outcomes (melanoma … deficiency, and anxiety) (KQ3); the association between skin self-examination and skin cancer outcomes (melanoma … prevention improve a) intermediate outcomes (sunburn or precursor lesions) or b) skin cancer outcomes (melanoma … What is the association between skin self-examination and skin cancer outcomes (melanoma, squamous cell … intervention Another skin cancer counseling intervention Outcomes KQs 1, 4: Skin cancer outcomes: melanoma