Selective use of sequential digital dermoscopy imaging allows a cost reduction in the melanoma detection process: A belgian study of patients with a single or a small number of atypical nevi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Tromme, Isabelle ^a   Devleesschauwer, Brecht ^a   Beutels, Philippe ^b   Richez, Pauline ^a   Praet, Nicolas ^c   Sacré, Laurine ^a   Marot, Liliane ^a   Eeckhout, Pascal Van ^a   Theate, Ivan ^a   Baurain, Jean François ^a   Lambert, Julien ^d   Legrand, Catherine ^a   Thomas, Luc ^e   Speybroeck, Niko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DECISION TREE; DERMATOLOGIST; DERMOSCOPE; DIGITAL IMAGING; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTICAL DERMOSCOPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENTIAL DIGITAL DERMOSCOPY IMAGING; SKIN EXAMINATION; VERY ELDERLY; CAUCASIAN; COST; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DERMOSCOPY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908028931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109339     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. SEER Cancer statistics: Available: http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975-2010/Accessed 10 May 2013.
2. Erdmann F, Lortet-Tieulent J, Schuz J, Zeeb H, Greinert R, et al. (2013) International trends in the incidence of malignant melanoma 1953-2008-are recent generations at higher or lower risk? Int J Cancer 132:385-400.
3. Vestergaard ME, Macaskill P, Holt PE, Menzies SW (2008) 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 159:669-676.
4. Kittler H, Pehamberger H, Wolff K, Binder M (2002) Diagnostic accuracy of dermoscopy. The Lancet Oncology 3:159-165.
5. Altamura D, Avramidis M, Menzies SW (2008) Assessment of the optimal interval for and sensitivity of short-term sequential digital dermoscopy monitoring for the diagnosis of melanoma. Arch Dermatol 144:502-506.
6. Haenssle HA, Korpas B, Hansen-Hagge C, Buhl T, Kaune KM, et al. (2010) Selection of patients for long-term surveillance with digital dermoscopy by assessment of melanoma risk factors. Arch Dermatol 146:257-264.
7. Kittler H, Guitera P, Riedl E, Avramidis M, Teban L, et al. (2006) Identification of clinically featureless incipient melanoma using sequential dermoscopy imaging. Arch Dermatol 142:1113-1119.
8. Menzies SW, Emery J, Staples M, Davies S, McAvoy B, et al. (2009) Impact of dermoscopy and short-term sequential digital dermoscopy imaging for the management of pigmented lesions in primary care: a sequential intervention trial. Br J Dermatol 161:1270-1277.
9. Carli P, Ghigliotti G, Gnone M, Chiarugi A, Crocetti E, et al. (2006) Baseline factors influencing decisions on digital follow-up of melanocytic lesions in daily practice: an Italian multicenter survey. J Am Acad Dermatol 55:256-262.
10. Schiffner R, Schiffner-Rohe J, Landthaler M, Stolz W (2003) Long-term dermoscopic follow-up of melanocytic naevi: clinical outcome and patient compliance. Br J Dermatol 149:79-86.
11. Tromme I, Sacre L, Hammouch F, Legrand C, Marot L, et al. (2012) Availability of digital dermoscopy in daily practice dramatically reduces the number of excised melanocytic lesions: results from an observational study. Br J Dermatol 167:778-786.
12. Menzies SW, Gutenev A, Avramidis M, Batrac A, McCarthy WH (2001) Shortterm digital surface microscopic monitoring of atypical or changing melanocytic lesions. Arch Dermatol 137:1583-1589.
13. Argenziano G, Kittler H, Ferrara G, Rubegni P, Malvehy J, et al. (2010) Slowgrowing melanoma: a dermoscopy follow-up study. Br J Dermatol 162:267-273.
14. INAMI: honoraires, prix, remboursements. Available: http://www.inami.fgov. be/insurer/fr/rate/index.htm Accessed 19 December 2012.
15. Newton Bishop JA, Bataille V, Pinney E, Bishop DT (1994) Family studies in melanoma: identification of the atypical mole syndrome (AMS) phenotype. Melanoma Res 4:199-206.
16. Belgian Health Care Knwoledge Center. Report 183C: Belgian guidelines for economic evaluations and budget impact analyses: second edition 2012. Available: https://kce.fgov. be/sites/default/files/page-documents/KCE-183C-economic-evaluations-second-edition-0.pdf Accessed 2 May [13] 2013.
17. Gray AM CP, Wolstenholme JL, Wordsworth S (2011) Decision analytic modelling: decision trees. in: Applied Methods of Cost-effectiveness Analysis in Health Care, Oxford University Press. 179-202.
18. Gray AM CP, Wolstenholme JL, Wordsworth S (2011) Representing uncertainty in decision analytic models. in: Applied Methods of Cost-effectiveness Analysis in Health Care, Oxford University Press. 249-259.
19. R Foundation for Statistical Computing V, Austria. (2013) R: A language and environment for statistical computing. Available: http://www. R-project.org/ Accessed 10 August 2013.
20. Luo S, Sepehr A, Tsao H (2011) Spitz nevi and other Spitzoid lesions part II. Natural history and management. J Am Acad Dermatol 65:1087-1092.
21. Kittler H, Binder M (2001) Risks and benefits of sequential imaging of melanocytic skin lesions in patients with multiple atypical nevi. Arch Dermatol 137:1590-1595.
22. Argenziano G, Mordente I, Ferrara G, Sgambato A, Annese P, et al. (2008) Dermoscopic monitoring of melanocytic skin lesions: clinical outcome and patient compliance vary according to follow-up protocols. Br J Dermatol 159:331-336.
23. Green AC, Baade P, Coory M, Aitken JF, Smithers M (2012) Population-based 20-year survival among people diagnosed with thin melanomas in Queensland, Australia. J Clin Oncol 30:1462-1467.
24. Gimotty PA, Elder DE, Fraker DL, Botbyl J, Sellers K, et al. (2007) Identification of high-risk patients among those diagnosed with thin cutaneous melanomas. J Clin Oncol 25:1129-1134.
25. Dakin H, Wordsworth S (2013) Cost-minimisation analysis versus costeffectiveness analysis, revisited. Health Econ 22:22-34.
26. Salerni G, Teran T, Puig S, Malvehy J, Zalaudek I, et al. (2013) Meta-analysis of digital dermoscopy follow-up of melanocytic skin lesions: a study on behalf of the International Dermoscopy Society. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 27:805-814.
27. Duffy K, Grossman D (2012) The dysplastic nevus: from historical perspective to management in the modern era: part I. Historical, histologic, and clinical aspects. J Am Acad Dermatol 67:1e1-16; quiz 17-18.
28. Carli P (2007) Identification of incipient tumors by means of sequential dermoscopy imaging: a new way to inflate the "epidemic" of melanoma? Arch Dermatol 143:805; author reply 805-806.