Train us to spot skin cancer, US doctors say
By Mia De Graaf For Dailymail.com
Doctors are begging US health authorities to teach them how to perform skin cancer tests.
The Preventive Services Task Force announced today that it doesn’t have enough evidence to recommend visual screening for melanoma in patients that don’t have obvious symptoms.
But two leading physicians have slammed the decision as overly cautious, putting lives at risk.
In an invited commentary in JAMA – the journal of the American Medical Association – Drs Martin Weinstock and Hensin Tsao agree that the evidence doesn’t meet the task force’s standards.
However, they believe any attempt to catch cancer should be supported and rolled out as quickly as possible. read more here
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