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Recommendations and Rationale of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Alfred O. Berg, MD, MPH; and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, with editorial and technical support from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Arch Dermatol. 2004;140:251-252.

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SUMMARY

. . . The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) finds insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine counseling by primary care clinicians to prevent skin cancer. Although counseling parents may increase children's use of sunscreen, the USPSTF found little evidence to determine the effects of counseling on the sun protection behaviors of adults. These behaviors include wearing protective clothing, reducing excessive sun exposure, avoiding sun lamps and tanning beds, or practicing skin self-examination.

CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS
• Using sunscreen has been shown to prevent squamous cell skin cancer. The evidence for the effect of sunscreen use in preventing melanoma, however, is mixed. Sunscreens that block both ultraviolet A (UV-A) and ultraviolet B (UV-B) light may be more effective in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

RECOMMENDATIONS OF OTHERS
From U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, c/o Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

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