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## Abstract Survival from cutaneous melanoma is mainly dependent on the thickness of the lesion at diagnosis. Skin screening may increase detection of thin lesions and hence improve survival. Within a community‐based randomized controlled trial of a population screening program for melanoma in Queensland, Australia, 9 communities were randomly assigned to the 3‐year intervention and 9 communities to the control group. Skin screening prevalence was monitored by cross‐sectional surveys at baseline, 1, 2 and 3 years into the intervention and 2 years later. At baseline, prevalence of whole‐body clinical skin examination was similar in intervention and control communities. In intervention communities, the prevalence of whole‐body skin examinations increased to 29.2%, an absolute difference of 18% from baseline, with a peak of 34.8% 2 years after baseline, and began to decline again at the end of the intervention period. The largest increases were seen in men and women ≥50 years. Uptake of screening did not differ according to melanoma risk factors; however, the decline in screening was less in participants who reported a number of melanoma risk factors. The prevalence of skin self‐exami

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Author

Joanne F. Aitken; Philippa H. Youl; Monika Janda; John B Lowe; Ian T. Ring; Mark Elwood

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square; Test accounts (ISSN 0020-7136)

Published

2005

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)