Dermoscopy ‘suboptimal’ for diagnosing tiny melanomas

Clinicians could catch more tiny melanomas with comprehensive imaging than with dermoscopy, Australian dermatologists say after finding the latter method may miss up to 50% of lesions smaller than 5mm. A study of 312 consecutively-diagnosed primary melanomas found the dermoscopic seven-point and three-point checklists would have missed 48% and 49% of the 86 ≤5 mm … Continue reading Dermoscopy ‘suboptimal’ for diagnosing tiny melanomas