title: Screening for melanoma.
abstract: This article describes major screening studies of the past two decades, discusses the evidence-based screening recommendations, highlights the need to screen high-risk and previously unscreened populations, and concludes with suggestions for risk assessment and physician-nurse training in the skin cancer examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA. ageller@bu.edu
authors.forename: Alan C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Geller
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000458:organization & administration; D011379:Prognosis; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012307:Risk Factors; D016353:Self-Examination; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology