What is it about?
It is important to improve early detection for malignant melanoma. I believe screening is vastly underutilized and improvement can effect the outcomes of this cancer.
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Why is it important?
Melanoma is a cancer whose death rate has not decreased in the US and the incidence is rising in most countries worldwide.
Perspectives
This is about raising physician awareness to improve skin cancer screening by looking past guidelines written by the United States Preventative Services Task Force.
Dr Richard A Shellenberger
St Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor
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This page is a summary of: Making a case for melanoma screening: Look, listen, and feel, Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, January 2015, Medknow,
DOI: 10.4103/2249-4863.152242.
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