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Visual inspection alone is not reliable enough to catch melanomas

Even specialist dermatologists can miss melanomas without a dermoscope

06-Dec-2018

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Visual inspection of a mole is not enough to safely rule out skin cancer.

About 1 in 10 melanomas would be missed during visual inspection.

Inspection using a dermoscope by a specialist dermatologist improved diagnosis.

A Cochrane review of evidence by University of Birmingham.

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Jac Dinnes

Senior Researcher at Test Evaluation Research Group, University of Birmingham.

University of Birmingham

Public research university located in Edgbaston, United Kingdom

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