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Efficacy of skin self-examination practices for early melanoma detection.

Pollitt RA, Geller AC, Brooks DR, Johnson TM, Park ER, Swetter SM. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009; 18 (11): 3018-23

Although skin self-examination (SSE) may increase rates of early melanoma detection, the efficacy of different SSE practices has not been thoroughly studied. We examined associations between SSE practices and tumor thickness in patients with recently diagnosed melanoma.

PubMedID: 19861521