Daily application of sunscreen vs discretionary use: Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma Confirmed clinically or by histopathology
Daily application of sunscreen showed no clear difference in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma Confirmed clinically or by… compared with discretionary use (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Daily application of sunscreen vs discretionary use Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma Confirmed clinically or by histopathology · general participants Daily application of sunscreen showed no clear difference in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma Confirmed clinically or by… compared with discretionary use (low certainty). Sun protection for preventing basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.88 [0.5, 1.54] | 1 study · 1621 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun protection for preventing basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.