Screening for Skin Cancer

Release Date: April 2001

Summary of Recommendations / Supporting Documents

Summary of Recommendations

• The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concludes that the evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against routine screening for skin cancer using a total-body skin examination for the early detection of cutaneous melanoma, basal cell cancer, or squamous cell skin cancer.
  Grade: I Statement.

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Supporting Documents

Screening for Skin Cancer, April 2001
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 130 KB; PDF Help)
Summary of Evidence (PDF File, 211 KB; PDF Help)
Systematic Evidence Review (PDF Files Download)

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Current as of April 2001

Internet Citation:

Screening for Skin Cancer, Topic Page. April 2001. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsskca.htm