Skin Cancer Screening: The Importance of Identifying High-risk Subgroups and the Need for US-Based Population Research
Ce dossier présente une mise à jour des recommandations 2016 de l'"US Preventive Services Task Force" concernant le dépistage des cancers de la peau
The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) initially released its skin cancer screening recommendations in 1996 and concluded that there was not enough evidence to recommend skin examinations for the early detection of skin cancer in adults. They recently released an updated draft recommendation stating there is still insufficient evidence to assess the balance of benefits and harms of routine visual skin examination by a clinician to screen for skin cancer in adolescents and adults (I statement). After nearly 3 decades, dozens of additional published studies, and strong observational evidence suggesting a clear association between earlier stage of skin cancer detection and decreased mortality risk, why has the position of the task force not changed?
JAMA , éditorial en libre accès, 2022