Melanoma

D Schadendorf, DE Fisher, C Garbe… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2015 - nature.com
Melanoma is a common cancer in the Western world with an increasing incidence. Sun
exposure is still considered to be the major risk factor for melanoma. The prognosis of …

Artificial intelligence in dermatology: challenges and perspectives

K Liopyris, S Gregoriou, J Dias, AJ Stratigos - Dermatology and Therapy, 2022 - Springer
Artificial intelligence (AI) based on machine learning and convolutional neuron networks
(CNN) is rapidly becoming a realistic prospect in dermatology. Non-melanoma skin cancer …

Association between surgical skin markings in dermoscopic images and diagnostic performance of a deep learning convolutional neural network for melanoma …

JK Winkler, C Fink, F Toberer, A Enk… - JAMA …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Deep learning convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have shown a
performance at the level of dermatologists in the diagnosis of melanoma. Accordingly …

Expert-level diagnosis of nonpigmented skin cancer by combined convolutional neural networks

P Tschandl, C Rosendahl, BN Akay… - JAMA …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) achieve expert-level accuracy in the
diagnosis of pigmented melanocytic lesions. However, the most common types of skin …

Reflectance confocal microscopy of skin in vivo: From bench to bedside

M Rajadhyaksha, A Marghoob, A Rossi… - Lasers in surgery …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Following more than two decades of effort, reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) imaging
of skin was granted codes for reimbursement by the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid …

Effect of reflectance confocal microscopy for suspect lesions on diagnostic accuracy in melanoma: a randomized clinical trial

G Pellacani, F Farnetani, S Ciardo, J Chester… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Previous systematic reviews and meta-analyses have concluded that given data
paucity, a comparison of reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) with dermoscopy is …

Recognising skin cancer in primary care

OT Jones, CKI Ranmuthu, PN Hall, G Funston… - Advances in …, 2020 - Springer
Skin cancer, including melanoma, basal cell carcinoma and cutaneous squamous cell
carcinoma, has one of the highest global incidences of any form of cancer. In 2016 more …

Skin cancer detection by deep learning and sound analysis algorithms: A prospective clinical study of an elementary dermoscope

A Dascalu, EO David - EBioMedicine, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Skin cancer (SC), especially melanoma, is a growing public health burden.
Experimental studies have indicated a potential diagnostic role for deep learning (DL) …

Reflectance confocal microscopy as a second‐level examination in skin oncology improves diagnostic accuracy and saves unnecessary excisions: a longitudinal …

G Pellacani, P Pepe, A Casari… - British Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background Dermatoscopy increases both the sensitivity and specificity of melanoma
diagnosis. Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) is a noninvasive technique that …

Impact of in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy on the number needed to treat melanoma in doubtful lesions

I Alarcon, C Carrera, J Palou, L Alos… - British journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background The number needed to treat (NNT) ratio is an effective method for measuring
accuracy in melanoma detection. Dermoscopy reduces the number of false positives and …