Melanoma Management (Mar 2017)
Skin cancer screening: recommendations for data-driven screening guidelines and a review of the US Preventive Services Task Force controversy
- Mariah M Johnson,
- Sancy A Leachman,
- Lisa G Aspinwall,
- Lee D Cranmer,
- Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski,
- Vernon K Sondak,
- Clara E Stemwedel,
- Susan M Swetter,
- John Vetto,
- Tawnya Bowles,
- Robert P Dellavalle,
- Larisa J Geskin,
- Douglas Grossman,
- Kenneth F Grossmann,
- Jason E Hawkes,
- Joanne M Jeter,
- Caroline C Kim,
- John M Kirkwood,
- Aaron R Mangold,
- Frank Meyskens,
- Michael E Ming,
- Kelly C Nelson,
- Michael Piepkorn,
- Brian P Pollack,
- June K Robinson,
- Arthur J Sober,
- Shannon Trotter,
- Suraj S Venna,
- Sanjiv Agarwala,
- Rhoda Alani,
- Bruce Averbook,
- Anna Bar,
- Mirna Becevic,
- Neil Box,
- William E Carson,
- Pamela B Cassidy,
- Suephy C Chen,
- Emily Y Chu,
- Darrel L Ellis,
- Laura K Ferris,
- David E Fisher,
- Kari Kendra,
- David H Lawson,
- Philip D Leming,
- Kim A Margolin,
- Svetomir Markovic,
- Mary C Martini,
- Debbie Miller,
- Debjani Sahni,
- William H Sharfman,
- Jennifer Stein,
- Alexander J Stratigos,
- Ahmad Tarhini,
- Matthew H Taylor,
- Oliver J Wisco,
- Michael K Wong
Affiliations
- Mariah M Johnson
- 1Department of Dermatology, Oregon Health & Science University, 3303 SW Bond Ave., Portland, OR, USA
- Sancy A Leachman
- 1Department of Dermatology, Oregon Health & Science University, 3303 SW Bond Ave., Portland, OR, USA
- Lisa G Aspinwall
- 2University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Lee D Cranmer
- 3University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski
- 4University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ, USA
- Vernon K Sondak
- 5Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
- Clara E Stemwedel
- 6Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
- Susan M Swetter
- 7Stanford University Medical Center & VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA
- John Vetto
- 6Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
- Tawnya Bowles
- 8Intermountain Healthcare & University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Robert P Dellavalle
- 9University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
- Larisa J Geskin
- 10Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- Douglas Grossman
- 2University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Kenneth F Grossmann
- 2University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Jason E Hawkes
- 2University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Joanne M Jeter
- 11The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- Caroline C Kim
- 12Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- John M Kirkwood
- 13University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Aaron R Mangold
- 14Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
- Frank Meyskens
- 15University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA
- Michael E Ming
- 16University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Kelly C Nelson
- 17The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
- Michael Piepkorn
- 18University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Brian P Pollack
- 19Emory University & Atlanta VA Medical Center, Atlanta, GA, USA
- June K Robinson
- 20Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL USA
- Arthur J Sober
- 12Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Shannon Trotter
- 11The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- Suraj S Venna
- 21Inova Medical Group, Fairfax, VA, USA
- Sanjiv Agarwala
- 22St Luke's University Hospital & Temple University, Bethlehem, PA, USA
- Rhoda Alani
- 23Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
- Bruce Averbook
- 24Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Anna Bar
- 6Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
- Mirna Becevic
- 25University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
- Neil Box
- 9University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
- William E Carson
- 11The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- Pamela B Cassidy
- 6Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
- Suephy C Chen
- 19Emory University & Atlanta VA Medical Center, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Emily Y Chu
- 16University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Darrel L Ellis
- 26Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
- Laura K Ferris
- 13University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- David E Fisher
- 27Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA
- Kari Kendra
- 11The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- David H Lawson
- 28Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Philip D Leming
- 29The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA
- Kim A Margolin
- 30City of Hope National Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, USA
- Svetomir Markovic
- 31Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN, USA
- Mary C Martini
- 20Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL USA
- Debbie Miller
- 6Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
- Debjani Sahni
- 23Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
- William H Sharfman
- 32Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
- Jennifer Stein
- 33NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Alexander J Stratigos
- 34Department of Dermatology, University of Athens, Andreas Sygros Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Ahmad Tarhini
- 13University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Matthew H Taylor
- 6Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
- Oliver J Wisco
- 35Bend Memorial Clinic, Bend, OR, USA
- Michael K Wong
- 36University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2217/mmt-2016-0022
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 4,
no. 1
pp. 13 – 37
Abstract
Melanoma is usually apparent on the skin and readily detected by trained medical providers using a routine total body skin examination, yet this malignancy is responsible for the majority of skin cancer-related deaths. Currently, there is no national consensus on skin cancer screening in the USA, but dermatologists and primary care providers are routinely confronted with making the decision about when to recommend total body skin examinations and at what interval. The objectives of this paper are: to propose rational, risk-based, data-driven guidelines commensurate with the US Preventive Services Task Force screening guidelines for other disorders; to compare our proposed guidelines to recommendations made by other national and international organizations; and to review the US Preventive Services Task Force's 2016 Draft Recommendation Statement on skin cancer screening.
Keywords
- early detection
- guidelines
- keratinocyte carcinoma
- melanoma
- melanoma odds ratio
- melanoma relative risk
