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Retinoids in prevention of skin cancer

Cancer Letters, 1997
Two chemoprevention randomized clinical trials were begun in 1984 to evaluate retinoids in the prevention of skin cancers. Moderate risk subjects with a history of at least 10 actinic keratoses and at most two prior skin cancers were enrolled in the SKICAP-AK trial and randomized to 25,000 IU retinol or placebo daily for 5 years.
T E, Moon, N, Levine, B, Cartmel, J L, Bangert   +3 more
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Skin Cancer: An Assessment of Patient Risk Factors, Knowledge, and Skin Practices

Journal of Skin Cancer, 2016
Objective. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at increased risk from skin cancer. Aims include assessing IBD patients’ risk factors and knowledge of skin cancer and current skin protection practices to identify gaps in patient education ...
Jessica N. Kimmel, Tiffany H. Taft, Laurie Keefer   +2 more
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Skin cancer knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and prevention practices among medical students: A systematic search and literature review

International Journal of Women's Dermatology, 2018
Background: As future physicians, medical students will play an important role in the prevention of skin cancers by becoming directly involved in skin cancer prevention education and counseling patients about the hazards of ultraviolet light.
V.K. Nahar, MD, PhD, MS, A.H. Wilkerson, PhD, G. Ghafari, MPH, B. Martin, BS, W.H. Black, MD, J.F. Boyas, PhD, M. Savoy, PhD, G. Bawa, MS, F.C. Stafford, Jr, DO, M. Scott, BSN, RN, T.B. Grigsby, BS, Z. Gromley, PhD, J.M. Grant-Kels, MD, R.T. Brodell, MD   +13 more
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Economic aspects of skin cancer management in Eastern Croatia

Journal of Health Sciences, 2015
Introduction: In the past several decades there has been a substantial increase in the incidence of skin cancers worldwide and Croatia is no exception.
Ivan Miškulin, Želimir Orkić, Maja Miškulin   +2 more
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Interest in Skin Cancer in Urban Populations: A Retrospective Analysis of Google Search Terms in Nine Large German Cities

Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2019
Skin cancer is a major public health issue, which could be reduced through prevention programmes. How­ever, prevention utilization is not very prevalent. It is therefore important to understand individuals’ interest in skin cancer. Google AdWords Keyword
Linda Tizek, Maximilian C. Schielein, Melvin Rüth, Rolf-Markus Szeimies, Wolfgang G. Philipp-Dormston, Stephan A. Braun, Christine Hecker, Bernadette Eberlein, Tilo Biedermann, Alexander Zink   +9 more
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MEDICAL AND SOCIAL REASONING FOR IMPROVING THE ORGANISATION OF PREVENTING AND FIGHTING SKIN CANCER IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT

Клінічна та профілактична медицина, 2023
Introduction. Scientific reasoning for improving the organisation of cancer prevention and the providing onco-dermatological care to the population in the conditions of the public health system development. Materials and methods.
Nataliia M. Kalashnykova, Tetiana S. Gruzieva   +1 more
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Skin cancer has a large impact on our public hospitals but prevention programs continue to demonstrate strong economic credentials

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2017
Objectives: While skin cancer is still the most common cancer in Australia, important information gaps remain. This paper addresses two gaps: i) the cost impact on public hospitals; and ii) an up‐to‐date assessment of economic credentials for prevention.
Sophy T.F. Shih, Rob Carter, Sue Heward, Craig Sinclair   +3 more
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Evaluation of the National Skin Cancer Campaign: a Swiss experience of Euromelanoma

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2017
AIMS OF THE STUDY Skin cancer is a burden to healthcare and patients worldwide. The incidence of skin cancer has been rising during recent decades and this trend is expected to continue in the future.
Sven Lieberherr, S. Morteza Seyed Jafari, Simone Cazzaniga, Enrica Bianchi, Bettina Schlagenhauff, Gion Tscharner, Jürg Hafner, Carlo Mainetti, Anne-Karine Lapointe, Robert E. Hunger   +9 more
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Ways to increase the effectiveness of skin cancer prevention through early diagnosis and screening of precancerous conditions in risk groups

Лечащий Врач
Background. Skin cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world, but its prevention and early diagnosis remain insufficiently effective.Objective.
M. V. Schetkina
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Prevention of Occupational Skin Cancer Caused by Solar Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure: Recent Achievements and Perspectives

Dermato
In fair-skinned populations worldwide, skin cancer is a serious public health threat. A significant percentage of all reported occupational diseases fall back on skin cancer.
Cara Symanzik, Swen M. John
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