Primary Care Screening for Skin Cancer Appears to Boost Early Detection

Source: AJMC, April 2022

It is not yet clear what impact proactive screening might have on health care costs and survival outcomes.

Patients over the age of 35 who were screened for melanoma during primary care visits were more likely to receive an in situ or a thin invasive melanoma diagnosis compared with patients who were not offered a routine screening in a primary care setting, according to a new study published in JAMA Dermatology.

These findings suggest that implementation of primary care–based screening can help physicians catch skin cancer earlier, potentially leading to better outcomes.

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