Dermoscopy improves accuracy of primary care physicians to triage lesions suggestive of skin cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1877-1882

  Argenziano, Giuseppe ^a   Puig, Susana ^b   Zalaudek, Iris ^b   Sera, Francesco ^b   Corona, Rosamaria ^b   Alsina, Mercè ^b   Barbato, Filomena ^b   Carrera, Cristina ^b   Ferrara, Gerardo ^b   Guilabert, Antonio ^b   Massi, Daniela ^b   Moreno Romero, Juan A ^b   Muñoz Santos, Carlos ^b   Petrillo, Gianluca ^b   Segura, Sonia ^b   Soyer, H Peter ^b   Zanchini, Renato ^b   Malvehy, Josep ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISTOPATHOLOGIC SKIN REACTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN CANCER; SPAIN; TRAINING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SKIN TUMOR; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRIAGE;

EID: 33646374978     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.05.0864     Document Type: Article

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