Quality Assessment of Skin Cancer Videos Calls for Improved Patient Content: A YouTube Cross-Sectional Study

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DISCERN Skin cancer YouTube social media internet quality assessment patient education basal cell carcinoma squamous cell carcinoma melanoma skin of color

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