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Outcomes and Follow-Up Data From Two Skin Cancer Screening Events
This study investigated the outcomes and follow-up behaviors of participants from two free skin cancer screening events in the United States. This survey, with 296 participants and a 31% response rate, gathered information on participant demographics, personal history of skin cancer, knowledge of sk...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10513346/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37746437 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43938 |
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author | Young, Jade N Krishnamurthy, Nithya Chang, Annie Poplausky, Dina Gulati, Nicholas Ungar, Jonathan |
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description | This study investigated the outcomes and follow-up behaviors of participants from two free skin cancer screening events in the United States. This survey, with 296 participants and a 31% response rate, gathered information on participant demographics, personal history of skin cancer, knowledge of skin screening practices, and follow-up behaviors. There was a high follow-up rate of 92.3% among individuals recommended for further dermatological consultation, but a low (22%) concordance rate between the preliminary diagnoses from the screening and patient-recalled diagnoses. Additionally, about one-sixth of participants identified limited access to care as a motivation for participating in the screening. The study emphasizes the need to improve awareness about the limitations of free screenings, enhance participant education, and ensure equitable access to skin cancer screening. Future research should focus on factors influencing follow-up behaviors and the development of targeted interventions to increase awareness and access to skin cancer screening. |
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spelling | pubmed-105133462023-09-22 Outcomes and Follow-Up Data From Two Skin Cancer Screening Events Young, Jade N Krishnamurthy, Nithya Chang, Annie Poplausky, Dina Gulati, Nicholas Ungar, Jonathan Cureus Dermatology This study investigated the outcomes and follow-up behaviors of participants from two free skin cancer screening events in the United States. This survey, with 296 participants and a 31% response rate, gathered information on participant demographics, personal history of skin cancer, knowledge of skin screening practices, and follow-up behaviors. There was a high follow-up rate of 92.3% among individuals recommended for further dermatological consultation, but a low (22%) concordance rate between the preliminary diagnoses from the screening and patient-recalled diagnoses. Additionally, about one-sixth of participants identified limited access to care as a motivation for participating in the screening. The study emphasizes the need to improve awareness about the limitations of free screenings, enhance participant education, and ensure equitable access to skin cancer screening. Future research should focus on factors influencing follow-up behaviors and the development of targeted interventions to increase awareness and access to skin cancer screening. Cureus 2023-08-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10513346/ /pubmed/37746437 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43938 Text en Copyright © 2023, Young et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Dermatology Young, Jade N Krishnamurthy, Nithya Chang, Annie Poplausky, Dina Gulati, Nicholas Ungar, Jonathan Outcomes and Follow-Up Data From Two Skin Cancer Screening Events |
title | Outcomes and Follow-Up Data From Two Skin Cancer Screening Events |
title_full | Outcomes and Follow-Up Data From Two Skin Cancer Screening Events |
title_fullStr | Outcomes and Follow-Up Data From Two Skin Cancer Screening Events |
title_full_unstemmed | Outcomes and Follow-Up Data From Two Skin Cancer Screening Events |
title_short | Outcomes and Follow-Up Data From Two Skin Cancer Screening Events |
title_sort | outcomes and follow-up data from two skin cancer screening events |
topic | Dermatology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10513346/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37746437 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43938 |
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