Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer

Release Date: October 2003

Summary of Recommendations / Supporting Documents

Summary of Recommendation

• The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force concludes that the evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against routine counseling by primary care clinicians to prevent skin cancer.
  Grade: I Statement.

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Supporting Documents

Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer, October 2003
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 139 KB; PDF Help)
Summary of Evidence (PDF File, 200 KB; PDF Help)

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Current as of October 2003

Internet Citation:

Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer, Topic Page. October 2003. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsskco.htm