Skin cancer discovery during total body skin examinations

• Main Authors: Angela Jiang, MD (Author), Itisha S. Jefferson, BS (Author), S. Kayo Robinson, MD (Author), Dana Griffin, MD (Author), William Adams, PhD (Author), Jodi Speiser, MD (Author), Laura Winterfield, MD, MPH (Author), Anthony Peterson, MD (Author), Eleanor Tung-Hahn (Author), Kristin Lee, MD (Author), David Surprenant, MD (Author), Anne Coakley, BS (Author), Rebecca Tung, MD (Author), Murad Alam, MD, MSCI, MBA (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Background: Patients presenting with a site-specific skin complaint may receive a total body skin examination (TBSE) or a more focused examination. A TBSE may be time-consuming but can potentially detect unsuspected or early stage skin cancers. The purpose of this study was to assess the detection o...