Saturday, March 5, 2011

Development of a targeted risk-group model for skin cancer screening based on more than 100 000 total skin examinations

Abstract

Background  Skin cancer screening aims to detect potentially metastasizing skin cancers at an early and surgically curable stage. This may take the form of mass screening, as currently occurs in Germany, or of targeted screening of those at greatest risk.


Objective  To develop a model to identify patients at high risk of developing skin cancer who would benefit from regular skin cancer screening.


Methods  This was an open prospective point-prevalence study of consecutive patients presenting to dermatologists for a total skin check. Demographic and skin cancer risk factors were recorded and, for ...

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