{"id":3720,"date":"2016-07-27T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3720"},"modified":"2016-07-27T12:25:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T16:25:00","slug":"govt-task-force-finds-evidence-lacking-to-support-visual-skin-cancer-screenings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3720","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t Task Force Finds Evidence Lacking to Support Visual Skin Cancer Screenings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>For years, many dermatologists have urged patients to have a full-body visual check for skin cancer. But a new\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jama.jamanetwork.com\/article.aspx?articleid=2536643\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a>\u00a0by a panel of medical experts concluded for the second time in seven years that there is not enough evidence that these screenings benefit patients to recommend them as a preventive service. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/govt-task-force-finds-evidence-lacking-to-support-visual-skin-cancer-screenings\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=32143106&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8wc321VgDF1yE892hE9kStdpDG72LXaf8WjNlEhexLEwiSkYJjZ9nxQwGq6LDSOtVcJupTUBXJaPCmZpu7kOMyNGhfZQ&amp;_hsmi=32143106\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here&#8230;..<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/1.6 'Open Sans', serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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