The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has concluded there is not enough evidence to recommend skin cancer screenings by primary care physicians in adolescents and adults without symptoms.The insufficient evidence statement — or I statement — updates the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) 2016 recommendations. Three nonrandomized studies evaluating two skin cancer screening
In its final recommendation statement on screening for skin cancer in adolescents and adults, the US Preventive Services Task Force determined that there is not enough evidence to recommend for or against screening people without symptoms.
There is not yet enough evidence to adequately assess the benefit-harm balance of screening for skin cancer in asymptomatic adolescents and adults, according to a statement from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.The I recommendation statement, published in JAMA, aligns with the task force’s 2016 recommendation on skin cancer screening — defined as a visual skin exam by a primary
The US Preventive Services Task Force is calling for more research on screening for lipid disorders in children and adolescents before it recommends universal testing.