Melanoma detection rate and concordance between self-skin examination and clinical evaluation in patients attending a pigmented lesion clinic in Italy

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 261-266

  Carli, P ^a   De Giorgi, V ^a   Nardini, P ^a   Mannone, F ^a   Palli, D ^b   Giannotti, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Naevi; Pigmented lesion clinic; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036203219     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04580.x     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Immediate effects of a public education campaign on prognostic features of melanoma
2. Pigmented lesion clinics - Are they a waste of resources?
3. Cancer research campaign health education programme to promote the early detection of cutaneous malignant melanoma. I. Work-load and referral patterns
4. Screening for melanoma and skin cancer
5. Educational campaign on the early detection of malignant melanoma in Florence
6. Audit of public education campaign to encourage earlier detection of malignant melanoma
7. Personal risk-factor chart for cutaneous melanoma
8. Agreement between self-assessment of melanocytic nevi by patients and dermatological examination
9. The measurement of observer agreement in categorical data
10. Is physician detection associated with thinner melanomas?
11. Early detection of melanoma
12. Thorough skin examination for the early detection of melanoma
13. How well do physicians recognize melanoma and other problem lesions?
14. Screening for cutaneous melanoma by skin self-examination
15. Pigmentary traits, modalities of sun reaction, history of sunburns, and melanocytic nevi as risk factors for cutaneous melanoma in the Italian population
16. Feasibility of targeted early detection for melanoma: A population-based screening study
17. Total-body photographs of dysplastic nevi
18. Improvement of monitoring of melanocytic skin lesions with the use of a computerized acquisition and surveillance unit with a skin surface microscopic television camera
19. Risk of melanoma and other cancers in melanoma-prone families