title: Skin cancer prevention and screening.
abstract: Prevention and early detection of skin cancers are crucial to reducing morbidity and mortality. Armed with the above information and with some experience, the primary care physician can understand risk factors and recognize common benign and malignant skin tumors. This allows the primary care physician to play a key role in teaching patients about skin cancer prevention and in screening patients for skin cancers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Shenefelt
mesh_terms: D001913:Bowen's Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D012628:Dermatitis, Seborrheic / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004416:Dysplastic Nevus Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007636:Keratoacanthoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D007642:Keratosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D007911:Lentigo / Q000175:diagnosis; D008403:Mass Screening; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D009506:Nevus / Q000175:diagnosis; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*