Skin Cancer Screening Reference Skin cancer Opens New Window can
be cured if found and treated early. - Your doctor may check
your skin once a year during your annual exam. Or your doctor
may suggest a skin exam more often, especially if you have: -
Reference Familial atypical mole and melanoma (FAM-M) syndrome
Opens New Window. This is an inherited tendency to develop
Reference melanoma Opens New Window. Examine your skin every
month and be examined by a doctor every 4 to 6 months,
preferably by the same doctor each time. - Increased
occupational or recreational exposure to ultraviolet (Reference
UV Opens New Window) radiation. - Abnormal moles called
Reference atypical moles (dysplastic nevi). These moles are not
cancerous, but their presence is a warning of an inherited
tendency to develop melanoma. - After reviewing evidence from
studies, the Reference U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
(USPSTF) Opens New Window has not recommended for or against
routine skin cancer screening for adults at normal risk.Re