TY - JOUR
T1 - The first skin cancer screening day at the Italian parliament
T2 - A Euromelanoma initiative
AU - Suppa, Mariano
AU - Neri, Luca
AU - Bianchi, Luca
AU - Capizzi, Rodolfo
AU - Carbone, Angelo
AU - Catricalà, Caterina
AU - Chimenti, Sergio
AU - Fargnoli, Maria Concetta
AU - Fossati, Barbara
AU - Frascione, Pasquale
AU - Peris, Ketty
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - Background: The effort to decrease incidence/mortality of skin cancer should target not only the general public but also politicians and decision makers, to create a proper health policy. We report the results of the first Skin Cancer Screening Day at the Italian Parliament, organized to draw politicians' attention on skin cancer. Methods: A questionnaire was used to collect data on participants' characteristics and suspected skin cancers. Results: We screened 70 members of parliament (61.4% males, median age 54 years). Overall skin cancer suspicion rate was 14.5%. Suspicion rate, detection rate, and positive predictive values for melanoma were respectively 1.6, 1.6, and 100%, and for basal cell carcinoma 6.5, 1.6, and 25%. Highly educated,
AB - Background: The effort to decrease incidence/mortality of skin cancer should target not only the general public but also politicians and decision makers, to create a proper health policy. We report the results of the first Skin Cancer Screening Day at the Italian Parliament, organized to draw politicians' attention on skin cancer. Methods: A questionnaire was used to collect data on participants' characteristics and suspected skin cancers. Results: We screened 70 members of parliament (61.4% males, median age 54 years). Overall skin cancer suspicion rate was 14.5%. Suspicion rate, detection rate, and positive predictive values for melanoma were respectively 1.6, 1.6, and 100%, and for basal cell carcinoma 6.5, 1.6, and 25%. Highly educated,
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U2 - 10.1111/ijd.12677
DO - 10.1111/ijd.12677
M3 - Article
C2 - 25070362
AN - SCOPUS:84919860279
SN - 0011-9059
VL - 54
SP - 42
EP - 49
JO - International Journal of Dermatology
JF - International Journal of Dermatology
IS - 1
ER -