Nonvisibility of suspicious lesions by patients leads to later detection of melanoma: A retrospective analysis

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2024 Feb;90(2):387-388. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.09.064. Epub 2023 Oct 4.

Authors

Emily Everdell¹, Hemali Shah¹, Rose Parisi¹, Paul J Feustel¹, Lindy Davis²

Affiliations

¹ Albany Medical College, Albany, New York.
² Department of Surgery, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York. Electronic address: DavisL8@amc.edu.

PMID: 37802185
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.09.064

No abstract available

Keywords: anatomic visibility; dermatology; detection; melanoma; oncodermatology; pigmented lesion; prognosis.

MeSH terms

Dermatology*
Humans
Melanoma* / diagnosis
Melanoma* / pathology
Retrospective Studies
Skin Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Skin Neoplasms* / pathology