U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Release of Skin Cancer Final Recommendation Statement and Intimate Partner Violence Evidence Report
Final Recommendation Statement on Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer: In an update to its 2003 recommendation, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) now recommends counseling children, adolescents, and young adults ages 10 to 24 years who have fair skin about minimizing their exposure to ultraviolet radiation to reduce risk for and prevent incidence of skin cancer.
The USPSTF also concluded that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of counseling adults older than age 24 years about minimizing risks to prevent skin cancer.
A draft of this recommendation statement was posted for public comment from November 8, 2011 until December 8, 2011. The final recommendation statement appears in the May 8 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine and is available on the USPSTF Web site at
http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspsskco.htm. This Web page also includes a summary of the evidence the Task Force reviewed and a fact sheet that explains the final recommendation statement in plain language.
Evidence review published on Screening for Intimate Partner Violence: Today, the Annals of Internal Medicine published a review of the evidence on screening women for intimate partner violence. The USPSTF will use the evidence review to update its 2004 recommendation statement on the topic of screening for family and intimate partner violence. The evidence review is available at http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf12/ipvelder/ipvelderart.htm.
Behavioral Counseling: Skin Cancer
Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer
This topic page summarizes the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on behavioral counseling to prevent skin cancer.
Current Recommendations
Release Date: May 2012- The USPSTF recommends counseling children, adolescents, and young
adults aged 10 to 24 years who have fair skin about minimizing their exposure to
ultraviolet radiation to reduce risk for skin cancer.
Grade: B Recommendation. - The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to
assess the balance of benefits and harms of counseling adults older than age 24
years about minimizing risks to prevent skin cancer.
Grade: I Statement.
Supporting Documents
| Supporting Document | Related Items |
|---|---|
| Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 232 KB; PDF Help) | Clinical Summary (PDF File, 55 KB; PDF Help) |
| Consumer Fact Sheet (PDF File, 374 KB; PDF Help) | |
| Evidence Report (PDF File, 217 KB; PDF Help) | Evidence Synthesis (PDF File, 1.5 MB; PDF Help) |
Current as of May 2012
Internet Citation:
Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer, Topic
Page. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspsskco.htm
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