Journal Article10.1016/0738-081X(92)90064-6
Screening for melanoma and other skin cancers.
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TL;DR: Education through publicity campaigns and other avenues may increase early detection by motivating those at increased risk to seek diagnostic examination for suspicious lesions, particularly for melanoma, which appears to be particularly promising because it is detectable simply by visual inspection.
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About: This article is published in Clinics in Dermatology. The article was published on 01 Jan 1992. The article focuses on the topics: Cancer.
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TL;DR: Increasing supplies of dermatologists and family physicians were associated with earlier detection of melanoma, and increasing supplies of general internists wereassociated with reduced odds of early detection.
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Melanoma: prevention and early diagnosis.
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Public education projects in skin cancer. Experience of the Canadian Dermatology Association.
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The influence of history on interobserver agreement for diagnosing actinic keratoses and malignant skin lesions
TL;DR: Assessing historical features increased the kappa statistic for malignancy recognition from -0.04 to 0.76 and agreement was high for diagnosing malignant skin lesions when history was included in the evaluation.
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Skin Cancer Screening Focusing on Melanoma Yields More Selective Attendance
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