Who is Getting a Skin Cancer Screening?
Source: Dermatology Times, October 2022
Authors of an oral abstract at the 2022 ASDS Annual Meeting presented their findings on the demographics of who requests total body skin exams to screen for skin cancer.
Based on data from National Health Interview Surveys, the rate of total body skin exams (TBSE) remains low in the United States, according to an oral abstract presentation given at the 2022 American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Annual Meeting.
Fazeh T. Liasi, MD; and Jonathan Ungar, MD, from the Department of Dermatology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, presented on the demographics of patients who seek skin cancer screenings vs TBSE.