Screening for skin cancer in adults updated evidence report and systematic review for the US preventive services task force

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 316, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 436-447

  Wernli, Karen J ^a   Henrikson, Nora B ^a   Morrison, Caitlin C ^a   Nguyen, Matthew ^a   Pocobelli, Gaia ^a   Blasi, Paula R ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; DERMATOLOGIST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MELANOMA; MORBIDITY; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN LESION THICKNESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR THICKNESS; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DERMATOLOGY; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STANDARDS; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DERMATOLOGY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR BURDEN; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979766114     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.5415     Document Type: Article

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