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GPs -- The New Skin Cancer Specialists
Dr Deborah Askew, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Queensland School of Medicine, and her colleagues, studied the rate of skin cancer surgery performed by GPs in comparison with specialists.
They found GPs did 54.4 per cent of all non-melanoma skin cancer excisions in 2005, and between 2001 and 2005 there was a higher annual rate increase in the number of these excisions done by GPs than by specialists.
Dr Askew suggests this increase may be due to the rising number of skin cancer clinics and skin cancer services in general practice.
The large number of skin cancer clinics in general practice was studied in another paper published in the latest issue of the Journal, which examined skin cancer surgery performed in the primary care setting in Queensland.
Ms Philippa Youl, Manager of the Epidemiology Unit at the Cancer Council Queensland, and her colleagues found that GPs and skin cancer clinic doctors in Queensland diagnosed skin cancers with similar accuracy and high sensitivity overall.
In a related editorial in the same issue of the Journal, Dr Christopher Commens, Clinical Associate Professor at the Western Clinical School at Westmead Hospital, says there is a need to ensure that non-dermatologists who wish to be involved in skin cancer management receive the necessary further training.
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