Impact of dermoscopy and short-term sequential digital dermoscopy imaging for the management of pigmented lesions in primary care: A sequential intervention trial

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1270-1277

  Menzies, S W ^a,b   Emery, J ^c   Staples, M ^d   Davies, S ^c   McAvoy, B ^e   Fletcher, J ^f   Shahid, K R ^g   Reid, G ^c   Avramidis, M ^a   Ward, A M ^h   Burton, R C ^d   Elwood, J M ⁱ  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Auckland Community and Home Detoxification Service   (New Zealand)

^f CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^g General Practice   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dermoscopy; General practitioners; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN DISEASE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; DIGITAL IMAGING; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EXCISION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MELANOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DERMOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 72649105233     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09374.x     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Gordon L, Youl PH, Elwood M et al. Diagnosis and management costs of suspicious skin lesions from a population-based community melanoma skin screening program. J Med Screen 2007 14 : 98 102.
2. Burton RC. Aspects of screening for skin cancer. Cancer Forum 1996 20 : 243 246.
3. English DR, Burton RC, Del Mar CB et al. Evaluation of aid to diagnosis of pigmented skin lesions in general practice: controlled trial randomized by practice. BMJ 2003 327 : 375 380.
4. Menzies SW, Crotty KA, Ingvar C, McCarthy WH. An Atlas of Surface Microscopy of Pigmented Skin Lesions: Dermoscopy, 2nd edn. Sydney : McGraw-Hill, 2003.
5. Menzies SW, Zalaudek I. Why perform dermoscopy? The evidence for its role in the routine management of pigmented skin lesions. Arch Dermatol 2006 142 : 1211 1212.
6. Kittler H, Pehamberger H, Wolff K, Binder M. Diagnostic accuracy of dermoscopy. Lancet Oncol 2002 3 : 159 165.
7. Bafounta ML, Beauchet A, Aegerter P, Saiag P. Is dermoscopy (epiluminescence microscopy) useful for the diagnosis of melanoma? Results of a meta-analysis using techniques adapted to the evaluation of diagnostic tests. Arch Dermatol 2001 137 : 1343 1350.
8. Vestergaard ME, Macaskill P, Holt PE, Menzies SW. Dermoscopy compared with naked eye examination for the diagnosis of primary melanoma: a meta-analysis of studies performed in a clinical setting. Br J Dermatol 2008 159 : 669 676.
9. Carli P, De Giorgi V, Chiarugi A et al. Addition of dermoscopy to conventional naked-eye examination in melanoma screening: a randomized study. J Am Acad Dermatol 2004 50 : 683 689.
10. Carli P, De Giorgi V, Crocetti E et al. Improvement of malignant/benign ratio in excised melanocytic lesions in the 'dermoscopy era': a retrospective study 1997-2001. Br J Dermatol 2004 150 : 687 692.
11. Westerhoff K, McCarthy W, Menzies S. Increase in the sensitivity for melanoma diagnosis by primary care physicians using skin surface microscopy. Br J Dermatol 2000 143 : 1016 1020.
12. Dolianitis C, Kelly J, Wolfe R, Simpson P. Comparative performance of 4 dermoscopic algorithms by nonexperts for the diagnosis of melanocytic lesions. Arch Dermatol 2005 141 : 1008 1014.
13. Argenziano G, Puig S, Zalaudek I et al. Dermoscopy improves accuracy of primary care physicians to triage lesions suggestive of skin cancer. J Clin Oncol 2006 24 : 1877 1882.
14. Kittler H, Guitera P, Riedl E et al. Identification of clinically featureless incipient melanoma using sequential dermoscopy imaging. Arch Dermatol 2006 142 : 1113 1119.
15. Menzies SW, Gutenev A, Avramidis M et al. Short-term digital surface microscopy monitoring of atypical or changing melanocytic lesions. Arch Dermatol 2001 137 : 1583 1589.
16. Skvara H, Teban L, Fiebiger M et al. Limitations of dermoscopy in the recognition of melanoma. Arch Dermatol 2005 141 : 155 160.
17. Haenssle HA, Vente C, Bertsch HP et al. Results of a surveillance programme for patients at high risk of malignant melanoma using digital and conventional dermoscopy. Eur J Cancer Prev 2004 13 : 133 138.
18. Robinson JK, Nickoloff BJ. Digital epiluminescence microscopy monitoring of high-risk patients. Arch Dermatol 2004 140 : 49 56.
19. Altamura D, Avramidis D, Menzies SW. Assessment of optimal time interval and sensitivity of short-term sequential digital. Arch Dermatol 2008 144 : 502 506.
20. Zou G, Donner A. Confidence interval estimation of the intraclass correlation coefficient for binary outcome data. Biometrics 2004 60 : 807 811.
21. Giuliano AE, Cochran A, Morton D. Melanoma from unknown primary site and amelanotic melanoma. Seminars Oncol 1982 9 : 442 447.
22. Hanrahan PF, D'Este CA, Menzies SW et al. A randomised trial of skin photography as an aid to screening skin lesions in older males. J Med Screen 2002 9 : 128 132.
23. Youl PH, Raasch BA, Janda M, Aitken JF. The effect of an educational programme to improve the skills of general practitioners in diagnosing melanocytic/pigmented lesions. Clin Exp Dermatol 2007 32 : 365 370.