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Are We Overdiagnosing Melanoma?
A debate is under way in the medical community over whether melanoma is being overdiagnosed, with doctors questioning whether some skin lesions identified through widespread screening are being treated as life-threatening cancers when they may never have caused harm. The discussion touches on screening practices, biopsy thresholds and the anxiety and cost of unnecessary treatment for patients.
Why now: Ongoing debate among dermatologists and oncologists about whether increased skin cancer screening is catching harmless lesions and inflating melanoma rates
Evidence
- Are We Overdiagnosing Melanoma? · Medscape
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