Insructional Intervention to Detect Melonoma

Melanoma is reported to be the eighth most common cancer in the United States and the cause of 2 percent of all cancer deaths. Weinstock (2000) reported that melanoma is a substantial public health concern and early detection is feasible and would allow for a cure to be possible. Adequate inspection by dermatologists, primary care physicians, health care professionals, families, and patients would result in early detection.

Dermatologists develop training and skills for the greatest expertise in diagnosis of skin lesions. Patients and families have the most intimate knowledge about and opportun

. . .
ians lack confidence in their ability to diagnose melanoma and therefore they tend to avoid careful examination of the skin (Weinstock, 2000). Austoker (1994) reported that sunlight is the main cause of melanoma and exposure to the sun can be easily modified if people were aware of this danger. Education for the public and professionals has been initiated in several areas around the world, and results of this effort have been mixed. It has been proposed that checklists should be considered in attempting to diagnose melanoma. A checklist of seven points was devised by MacKie, which was later revised into a major and minor signs. Major signs include change in size, shape, and color, and minor signs include inflammation, crusting, or bleeding, sensory change, diameter>=7 mm. Three or four minor signs requires a referral. A major sign must consider rapid referral and additional presence of one or more minor signs increases the possibility of melanoma (Austoker, 1994). Jackson, Wilkinson, Ranger, Pill, and August (1998) reported findings of using the MacKie risk factor flow chart with a group of male and female patients. Findings showed that agreement between patient's self appraisal and clinical examinations was .67 for freck
. . .

Some common words found in the essay are:
Goldstein Goldstein, Results Results, Cohen Tipping, Conclusion Findings, Procedures Data, Introduction Melanoma, , Pill August, Lesions/Melanoma Answer, Data Analysis, instructional intervention, detection melanoma, skin lesions, malignant melanoma, photographs skin, weinstock 2000, hospital house staff, hospital house, pre posttest, house staff, goldstein goldstein, goldstein goldstein 2001, photographs skin lesions, house staff residents, cohen tipping 1997,
Approximate Word count = 2365
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page)