Accuracy in diagnosing skin cancer varies depending on the examination method used and on the physician’s specialty and experience level, data suggest.

A recent systematic review and meta-analysis reveals dermatologists have a significantly higher accuracy in diagnosing skin ...

Of the studies on psychosocial wellbeing in patients with melanoma in situ, no differences were observed when compared with melanoma in higher stages.

Dermoscopy is a useful ... tape test is helpful in differentiating between dark melanocytic nevi and melanoma. Hematoma may be more easily differentiated with the use of the so-called skin ...

Collecting images of suspicious-looking skin growths and sending them off-site for specialists to analyze is as accurate in ...

Across 100 studies, experienced dermatologists had 5.7-fold higher odds of accurate diagnosis of melanoma using dermoscopy compared with clinical examination, and 13.3-fold higher odds of accurate ...

While previous research has explored telemedicine options for speeding diagnoses of melanoma and compared in-person and remote evaluation of dermoscopy images, the authors say their work is among ...