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BIB_424

Dermatologic screening + method → Breslow thickness at diagnosis: the evidence that reframes this patient's LIFELONG second-primary surveillance (TASK05) from "anxious checking" to "the single intervention that shifts a future melanoma ~1 mm thinner / often in situ" — and, crucially for a refugee with imperfect access, shows even IRREGULAR screening delivers the bulk of the benefit. Fills a real gap: existing surveillance BIBs cover 3D-TBP/digital-monitoring efficacy in high-risk monitoring (BIB104/284/383) but none anchored the screening-access → stage-at-detection relationship or the irreg…

Evidence grade
B
Tier
2 (sin
Cited by tasks
5, 5a, 8b, 14
Identifiers
PMC12897046

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