Knowledge, understanding, and use of preventive strategies against nonmelanoma skin cancer in healthy and immunosuppressed individuals undergoing Mohs surgery.

Background: Despite various national recommendations advising individuals to reduce their exposure to ultraviolet radiation, many people still do not use these skin cancer prevention strategies.

Objectives: To assess patient sources of medical information, knowledge of sun protection strategies, and barriers to implementing these strategies and to compare the overall rate of use of skin cancer prevention strategies of healthy and immunocompromised patients.

Materials And Methods: Survey-based study conducted on 140 individuals undergoing Mohs surgery.