Sentences with phrase «reduce skin cancer deaths»

In the journal article, the authors disagreed with the task force's findings and the physicians who authored the article stated that routine body screening of «high risk» individuals could help reduce skin cancer deaths.

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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has expressed several concerns regarding population - wide screening for skin cancer, including uncertainty whether screening would reduce deaths, having patients undergo unnecessary tissue biopsies and the cost associated with screening individuals who have a low - risk for developing skin cancer.

Even though the evidence wasn't overwhelming enough to change the Task Force's recommendation, some studies have shown that skin exams by doctors can reduce deaths from melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer.