Sentences with phrase «for nonmelanoma skin cancers»

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Evidence is more limited and inconsistent regarding the accuracy of the clinical visual skin examination for detecting nonmelanoma skin cancer.

Between 1992 and 2006, the number of treatment procedures for slow - growing nonmelanoma skin cancers increased by almost 77 %.

Subjects with treated nonmelanoma skin cancer, in situ carcinoma or cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, regardless of the disease - free duration, are eligible for this study if definitive treatment for the condition has been completed.

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Several comments stressed that the USPSTF should place greater emphasis on the benefits of detecting and treating nonmelanoma skin cancer, noting the risk for such cancer to become locally destructive and lead to disfigurement if left untreated.

In addition, risk estimates for death from cancer were adjusted for history of cancer (other than nonmelanoma skin cancer) in a first - degree relative (yes vs. no).

Among participants who returned baseline questionnaires, we excluded those who had a history of cancer (except nonmelanoma skin cancer), CVD, or diabetes at baseline, left more than 10 items blank on the baseline FFQ in the NHS and more than 70 items blank in the HPFS, or reported implausible energy intake levels (< 500 or > 3500 kcal / d for women, or < 800 or > 4200 kcal / d for men).