Screening for Melanoma and Other Skin Cancer Shows a Higher Early Melanoma Incidence: Social Educational Program "Life Fear-Free"

Screening for Melanoma and Other Skin Cancer Shows a Higher Early Melanoma Incidence: Social Educational Program "Life Fear-Free"

The screening program Life Fear-Free (LFF) aimed at early diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma (CM) was introduced in Samara, Chelyabinsk, Yekaterinburg, and Krasnodar (Russia) in 2019. To analyze the impact of the program on early CM and non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) detection. According to the social...

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Published in:Dermatopathology (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 54 - 68
Main Authors: Demidov, Lev, Samoylenko, Igor, Vand, Nina, Utyashev, Igor, Shubina, Irina, Sinelnikov, Igor
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 15-03-2021
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Subjects:
Advertising
Age
Biopsy
Confidence intervals
cutaneous melanoma
Dermatology
Melanoma
melanoma screening
Mortality
Population
Questionnaires
Regions
Risk factors
Skin cancer
skin cancers
social and educational program
Sunburn & sun tanning
Womens health
Russia
cutaneous melanoma
melanoma screening
skin cancers
social and educational program
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Summary:The screening program Life Fear-Free (LFF) aimed at early diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma (CM) was introduced in Samara, Chelyabinsk, Yekaterinburg, and Krasnodar (Russia) in 2019. To analyze the impact of the program on early CM and non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) detection. According to the social educational campaign, people were informed about CM risk factors and symptoms and were invited for skin examination. The program planned to involve 3200 participants in total. Participants with suspicious lesions were invited for excisional biopsy. 3143 participants, including 75.4% women, were examined for skin lesions. The average age of the participants was 43.7 years. Mostly skin phototypes II and III were registered (48.2% and 41.0%, respectively); 3 patients had CM, 15 had basal cell carcinoma, and 1 had Bowen's disease, which were confirmed histologically. All detected melanomas had Breslow's thickness of 1 mm. The participants showed high interest in early skin cancer detection programs. The incidence rate of CM and NMSCs among the program participants was higher than in general public. The early disease grade was proven for the detected CMs and NMSCs. The study has shown that it is important to continue such programs.
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ISSN:2296-3529
2296-3529
DOI:10.3390/dermatopathology8010011