Benefits of total body photography and digital dermatoscopy ("two-step method of digital follow-up") in the early diagnosis of melanoma in patients at high risk for melanoma

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Salerni, Gabriel ^a   Carrera, Cristina ^a,b   Lovatto, Louise ^a   Puig Butille, Joan Anton ^b   Badenas, Celia ^a,b   Plana, Estel ^c   Puig, Susana ^a,b   Malvehy, Josep ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^c Novartis Farmaceutica SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

atypical mole syndrome; dermatoscopy; follow up; imaging techniques; malignant melanoma; outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; TOTAL BODY PHOTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DERMOSCOPY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955192301     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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