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