Screening or not for melanoma: More studies please

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Screening or not for melanoma: More studies please

Jim Vause

Friday 22 April 2022, 01:55 PM

A price of $399 for a mole scan is out of reach for many, writes Jim Vause

“We know that Māori and Pacific patients are more likely to present with thick melanomas and thus have a higher mortality rate than Pākehā” Ski

i New Zealand Cancer Registry (NZCR). Ministry of Health. 2020. Available from: https://www.health.govt.nz/nz-health-statistics/national-collections-and-surveys/collections/new-zealand-cancer-registry-nzcr (Accessed Jan, 2020).

ii Watts CG, McLoughlin K, Goumas C, et al. Association Between Melanoma Detected During Routine Skin Checks and Mortality. JAMA Dermatol. 2021;157(12):1425–1436

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