TY - JOUR
T1 - Time required for a complete skin examination with and without dermoscopy
T2 - A prospective, randomized multicenter study
AU - Zalaudek, Iris
AU - Kittler, Harald
AU - Marghoob, Ashfaq A.
AU - Balato, Anna
AU - Blum, Andreas
AU - Dalle, Stéphane
AU - Ferrara, Gerardo
AU - Fink-Puches, Regina
AU - Giorgio, Caterina M.
AU - Hofmann-Wellenhof, Rainer
AU - Malvehy, Josep
AU - Moscarella, Elvira
AU - Puig, Susana
AU - Scalvenzi, Massimiliano
AU - Thomas, Luc
AU - Argenziano, Giuseppe
PY - 2008/4
Y1 - 2008/4
N2 - Objective: To determine the time required to perform a complete skin examination (CSE) as a means of opportunistic screening for skin cancer both without and with dermoscopy. Design: Randomized, prospective multicenter study. Setting: Eight referral pigmented lesion clinics. Patients: From June 2006 to January 2007, 1359 patients with at least 1 melanocytic or nonmelanocytic skin lesion were randomly selected to receive a CSE without dermoscopy or CSE with dermoscopy. For each patient, the total number of lesions and the duration of the CSE were recorded. A total of 1328 patients were eligible for analysis (31 were excluded because of missing data). Main Outcome Measures: The median time (measured in seconds) needed for CSE with and without dermoscopy and according to total cutaneous lesion count. Results: The median time needed for CSE without dermoscopy was 70 seconds and with dermoscopy was 142 seconds, a significant difference of 72 seconds (P
AB - Objective: To determine the time required to perform a complete skin examination (CSE) as a means of opportunistic screening for skin cancer both without and with dermoscopy. Design: Randomized, prospective multicenter study. Setting: Eight referral pigmented lesion clinics. Patients: From June 2006 to January 2007, 1359 patients with at least 1 melanocytic or nonmelanocytic skin lesion were randomly selected to receive a CSE without dermoscopy or CSE with dermoscopy. For each patient, the total number of lesions and the duration of the CSE were recorded. A total of 1328 patients were eligible for analysis (31 were excluded because of missing data). Main Outcome Measures: The median time (measured in seconds) needed for CSE with and without dermoscopy and according to total cutaneous lesion count. Results: The median time needed for CSE without dermoscopy was 70 seconds and with dermoscopy was 142 seconds, a significant difference of 72 seconds (P
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U2 - 10.1001/archderm.144.4.509
DO - 10.1001/archderm.144.4.509
M3 - Article
C2 - 18427045
AN - SCOPUS:42549160154
VL - 144
SP - 509
EP - 513
JO - Archives of Dermatology
JF - Archives of Dermatology
SN - 0003-987X
IS - 4
ER -