ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews the current status of melanoma screening with attention to unresolved scientific questions. In this chapter, melanoma screening is discussed in such a broad sense. B Case-control studies can offer initial data to evaluate screening programs. Only preliminary data document the educational effects of screening programs. Melanoma control activities include public education campaigns throughout the Netherlands, and screening programs in two areas. In 1989, skin cancer screening programs used a mobile trailer along the beach in the western region of the Netherlands. The most efficient cancer screening programs target individuals at high risk for the disease or death from the disease. The American Cancer Society recommends that all adults receive at least a baseline total body skin cancer screening examination from a physician, with subsequent skin examinations at the physician's discretion as determined by risk status. .
