Screening for skin cancer in Queensland: who attends, and why and where do they attend?

Youl, Philippa H; Coxeter, Peter D; Whiteman, David C; Aitken, Joanne F

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02265.x

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To the Editor: A number of commentaries and articles have been published recently about the ability of doctors working in primary care skin cancer clinics to diagnose and manage skin cancer.1-3 However, limited information has been published comparing the patient populations that attend the different service providers (ie, “traditional” general practitioners versus doctors at skin cancer clinics).

Philippa H Youl¹
Peter D Coxeter¹
David C Whiteman²
Joanne F Aitken¹

1 Viertel Centre for Research in Cancer Control, The Cancer Council Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.
2 Cancer and Population Study Group, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, QLD.

Correspondence: PipYoul@cancerqld.org.au

Acknowledgements:

Our project was funded and conducted by the Viertel Centre for Research in Cancer Control.

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Screening for skin cancer in Queensland: who attends, and why and where do they attend?

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