A unifying approach to the clinical diagnosis of melanoma including “D” for “Dark” in the ABCDE criteria

Current clinical approaches to melanoma diagnosis have not been associated with a decrease in mortality from this cancer. The components of the new approach presented are, first, a screening examination to look for any lesion that stands out because of being dark, different, or changing; second, wh...

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Autor principal:	Stuart M. Goldsmith
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Publicado:	Mattioli1885 2019
Materias:	Dermatology RL1-803
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0d3358ece69a4784ae3a46be2ab6b53d2021-11-17T08:29:41ZA unifying approach to the clinical diagnosis of melanoma including “D” for “Dark” in the ABCDE criteria10.5826/dpc.0404a162160-9381https://doaj.org/article/0d3358ece69a4784ae3a46be2ab6b53d2019-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dpcj.org/index.php/dpc/article/view/790https://doaj.org/toc/2160-9381 Current clinical approaches to melanoma diagnosis have not been associated with a decrease in mortality from this cancer. The components of the new approach presented are, first, a screening examination to look for any lesion that stands out because of being dark, different, or changing; second, when a single lesion is recognized to be of concern for any reason, that lesion is then evaluated in more detail utilizing the ABCDE criteria, with the “D” signifying “Dark” and not “6 mm Diameter” in this mnemonic; and, third, additional discussion of the “ugly duckling” sign and of the recognition of nodular melanomas. Since the Georgia Society of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery was the first state or national society to endorse this approach, I refer to it as the Georgia approach. Stuart M. GoldsmithMattioli1885articleDermatologyRL1-803ENDermatology Practical & Conceptual (2019)
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spellingShingle	Dermatology RL1-803 Stuart M. Goldsmith A unifying approach to the clinical diagnosis of melanoma including “D” for “Dark” in the ABCDE criteria
description	Current clinical approaches to melanoma diagnosis have not been associated with a decrease in mortality from this cancer. The components of the new approach presented are, first, a screening examination to look for any lesion that stands out because of being dark, different, or changing; second, when a single lesion is recognized to be of concern for any reason, that lesion is then evaluated in more detail utilizing the ABCDE criteria, with the “D” signifying “Dark” and not “6 mm Diameter” in this mnemonic; and, third, additional discussion of the “ugly duckling” sign and of the recognition of nodular melanomas. Since the Georgia Society of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery was the first state or national society to endorse this approach, I refer to it as the Georgia approach.
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title	A unifying approach to the clinical diagnosis of melanoma including “D” for “Dark” in the ABCDE criteria
title_short	A unifying approach to the clinical diagnosis of melanoma including “D” for “Dark” in the ABCDE criteria
title_full	A unifying approach to the clinical diagnosis of melanoma including “D” for “Dark” in the ABCDE criteria
title_fullStr	A unifying approach to the clinical diagnosis of melanoma including “D” for “Dark” in the ABCDE criteria
title_full_unstemmed	A unifying approach to the clinical diagnosis of melanoma including “D” for “Dark” in the ABCDE criteria
title_sort	unifying approach to the clinical diagnosis of melanoma including “d” for “dark” in the abcde criteria
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A unifying approach to the clinical diagnosis of melanoma including “D” for “Dark” in the ABCDE criteria

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