Skills Training to Learn Discrimination of ABCDE Criteria by Those at Risk of Developing Melanoma
Archives of DermatologyPublished 1 April 2006
June K. Robinson, Rob Turrisi
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Differences in proclivities according to sex suggest that if men and women form partnerships for skin checks, they may learn from each other, and their combined strengths will promote detection of early melanomas.
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Determining the presence of the A, B, C, and E criteria is challenging for the novice. Skills training aided performance of skin self-examination. Differences in proclivities according to sex suggest that if men and women form partnerships for skin checks, they may learn from each other, and their combined strengths will promote detection of early melanomas.
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