What is it about?
This essay was planned as a pilot skin cancer screening campaign in Tehran, Iran to evaluate its profit and failure and further design large-scale screening program more definitely. Thirty one public health centers of Shahid Beheshti Medical University were selected in different areas of Tehran. The project was announced via media and invited all the people above 40 years old to come for the whole-body skin examination in a one-week period. Patients with any suspected lesions were referred to the dermatology clinics of the university.
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Why is it important?
Skin cancer screening seems to be valuable to detect skin malignancies in their early course. Regarding the considerable amount of facilities needed to perform skin cancer screening program, it might be more beneficial to perform the targeted screening programs for the high-risk groups or emphasis more on public education of skin cancer risk factors and their early signs.
Perspectives
Planing skin cancer screening seems to need great collaboration with other aspects of health department in particular, the primary health care units.
Reza Robati
Skin Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical sciences, Tehran, Iran
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This page is a summary of: Screening for skin cancer: A pilot study in Tehran, Iran, Indian Journal of Dermatology, January 2014, Medknow,
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.123534.
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