ReviewCurrent oncology reports2012
Screening and prevention measures for melanoma: is there a survival advantage?
Review in Current oncology reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Screening for reducing morbidity and mortality in malignant melanoma.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Proposal for an annual skin examination by a general practitioner for patients at high risk for melanoma: a French cohort study.BMJ open · 2015Trial
- Screening and novel diagnostic technologies for melanoma: an update.Melanoma management · 2025Review
- Assessing MC1R Variants in Lentigo Maligna Melanoma within the Utah Population.Cancer research communications · 2025Article
- Rosacea is strongly associated with melanoma in Caucasians.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Article
- Skin cancer excisions and histopathology outcomes when following a contemporary population-based cohort longitudinally with 3D total-body photography.Skin health and disease · 2023Article
- Article
- Reproductive factors, hormone use, and incidence of melanoma in a cohort of US Radiologic Technologists.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2022Article
- Digital interventions for promoting sun protection and skin self-examination behaviors: A systematic review.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Review
- Trends in Incidence and Mortality of Skin Melanoma in Lithuania 1991-2015.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Impact of rurality on melanoma diagnosis in Utah.Melanoma management · 2021Article
- Melanoma Prevention: Comparison of Different Screening Methods for the Selection of a High Risk Population.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Using Media to Promote Public Awareness of Early Detection of Kaposi's Sarcoma in Africa.Journal of oncology · 2020Article
- Pancreatic cancer and melanoma related perceptions and behaviors following disclosure of CDKN2A variant status as a research result.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2019Article
- Web-Based Skin Cancer Prevention Training for Massage Therapists: Protocol for the Massage Therapists Skin Health Awareness, Referral, and Education Study.JMIR research protocols · 2019Article
- Can the plasma PD-1 levels predict the presence and efficiency of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in patients with metastatic melanoma?Therapeutic advances in medical oncology · 2019Article
- On the spectral signature of melanoma: a non-parametric classification framework for cancer detection in hyperspectral imaging of melanocytic lesions.Biomedical optics express · 2018Article
- Article
- State of the science on prevention and screening to reduce melanoma incidence and mortality: The time is now.CA: a cancer journal for clinicians · 2016Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Controversy has emerged over the past decades regarding the value and impact of melanoma screening to detect early stage disease for improved prognosis. Those questioning the benefits of prevention efforts base their arguments on the absence of prospective, randomized studies demonstrating decreased melanoma mortality to justify the cost associated with screening and educational campaigns. For those in favor of melanoma screening, the lack of proven survival benefit is not a justification to abandon this approach, but rather a reflection of the lack of resources necessary to conduct a long-term trial. In 2009, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)report did not recommend routine primary care screening for the general population given the absence of evidence. However, since the USPSTF report, a series of new studies are available, which support the potential benefit of screening and have the potential to significantly impact current policies regarding skin cancer screening, particularly for melanoma.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.