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Skin cancer prevention: a link between primary prevention and early detection?
P J Anderson1, J B Lowe, W R Stanton
1Cancer Prevention Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Australian Journal of Public Health
|December 1, 1994
Abstract:
The aim of this paper was to determine if there is any link between primary prevention and early detection for skin cancer. Results from a study of a large random sample of Gold Coast residents (N = 995) identified an association (P < 0.01) between individual primary prevention and early detection activities. People were also more likely to use both prevention methods if they had personal experience with skin cancer (P = 0.01) or if they were male (P = 0.05). Future primary prevention and early detection skin cancer programs might be most effective if they are combined.