September 26, 2012 — Teaching medical students dermoscopy to diagnosis skin cancer appears to promote skin cancer awareness in future physicians. The ability of students to diagnose cutaneous lesions ...

Dermoscopy is a non-invasive, widely used diagnostic tool that aids the diagnosis of skin lesions and is proven to increase the accuracy of melanoma diagnosis. This 12-week online course is designed ...

3 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, UK Objective Most skin lesions first present in primary care, where distinguishing rare melanomas from benign lesions can be ...

To determine students' ability to discriminate benign vs malignant lesions and to assess attitudes regarding skin cancer examination (SCE). There were 130 participants from cohort 1 and 131 ...

To determine medical students' skills in discriminating benign from malignant skin lesions on a 10-item image-based test one year after receiving a SCE intervention. 43% (n = 145) and 38% (n = 143) of ...

Introduction: Skin metastases arise in 10% of cancer patients, but standardized dermoscopy diagnostic criteria for skin metastases remain poor. This study's objective was to analyze the dermoscopy ...

Welcome to the first in our series interviewing people involved in some of the University’s flagship CPD courses. We’ll be talking to past participants, as well as clients who commissioned bespoke ...

Dermoscopy done by suitably trained specialists may more accurately distinguish between benign and malignant skin lesions than clinical examination with the naked eye. It lessens the chance of missing ...

The dermoscopy and reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) can provide new insights for diagnosis disease as non-invasive and easy-to-use tool. We described the dermoscopy and RCM characteristics of two ...

Source: Getty Images Experienced dermatologists provide more accurate diagnoses than inexperienced dermatologists or primary care providers, and the use of in-person examination plus dermoscopy can ...

According to one surgeon, the technique may reduce the need for biopsies. Dermoscopy seems to be a valuable tool that is safe and reliable to use in oculoplastic surgery clinics. It is presently an ...