Impact of in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy on the number needed to treat melanoma in doubtful lesions

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 802-808

  Alarcon, I ^a   Carrera, C ^a,b   Palou, J ^c   Alos, L ^c   Malvehy, J ^a,b   Puig, S ^a,b,d  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

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

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

confocal microscopy; dermoscopy; melanoma; number needed to treat

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOSCOPE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA; NUMBER NEEDED TO TREAT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NUMBERS NEEDED TO TREAT; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NUMBERS NEEDED TO TREAT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903153929     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12678     Document Type: Article

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