BACKGROUND: Little skin cancer prevention research has focused on the US Hispanic
population. OBJECTIVE: This study examined the prevalence and correlates of skin cancer …

Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States and accounts for an
estimated 1 million new cases per year. In the white population, the rate of new melanomas …

Importance As the minority population increases in the United States, the incidence of skin
cancer has important public health consequences, including poor skin cancer outcomes, in …

Methods. We identified observational populationbased US studies on melanoma or other
skin cancer screening that evaluated participants of Hispanic descent, without any age, time …

Purpose: Given rising rates of deadly melanoma skin cancer in Hispanics, the study
objective was to examine skin cancer-related risk reduction behaviors and beliefs to dictate …

Objective To examine skin cancer awareness and behavior in white Hispanic (WH) and
white non-Hispanic (WNH) high school students because increasing incidence and delayed …

Background Patients from ethnoracial minority groups have lower incidence rates of
melanoma compared with whites, but are more likely to have advanced melanomas at …

Hispanics are more likely to be diagnosed with skin cancer at a later stage and experience
worse overall survival than Whites. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to assess …

Background. Relatively little is known about the prevalence of skin cancer screening in the
context of inconsistent skin cancer screening recommendations. Methods. To determine the …

Objective To examine the frequency and correlates of skin examination behaviors in an
international sample of individuals at varying risk of developing melanoma. Design A cross …