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Strategies for improving melanoma education and screening for men age ≥ 50 years : Findings from the American Academy of Dermatology National Skin Cancer Screening Program by Alan C. Geller; Arthur J. Sober; Zi Zhang; Daniel R. Brooks; Donald R. Miller; Allan Halpern; Barbara A. Gilchrest is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Recently, the Institute of Medicine (2000) and the Third United States Preventive Services Task Force (2001) called for studies to help clinicians identify patients, especially elderly patients, who are at high risk for melanoma. In the current study, the authors sought to identify factors associated with a high yield in skin cancer screening and to explore strategies for improving mass screenings for melanoma. ## METHODS The authors analyzed the data base of the 242,374 skin cancer screenings conducted on more than 206,000 Americans who attended the American Academy of Dermatology National Skin Cancer Screening Programs during the period 1992–1994. ## RESULTS Ninety‐six percent of 3476 screenees with a presumptive diagnosis of melanoma or possible melanoma were contacted, and follow‐up records were obtained for 73% of screenees. Of these, 363 screenees had histologically proven melanoma. Middle‐aged and older men (age ≥ 50 years) comprised only 25% of screenees but comprised 44% of those with a confirmed diagnosis of melanoma. The overall yield of melanoma (the number of confirmed diagnoses per the number of screenees) was 1.5 per 1000 screenings (363 dia
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- Author
- Alan C. Geller; Arthur J. Sober; Zi Zhang; Daniel R. Brooks; Donald R. Miller; Allan Halpern; Barbara A. Gilchrest
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0008-543X)
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)