What is it about?
Consumer teledermoscopy open the door for a new approach to skin self examination and is promising for surveillance of skin lesions. This investigation demonstrates that high quality dermoscopic images can be taken by consumers/patients at home at their convenience.
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Why is it important?
This pilot study will lead to a paradigm shift in the care path of suspicious skin lesions and encourages consumer empowerment.
Perspectives
For many years we have the vision of early diagnosis of melanoma by one click and this study brings as a step closer to this overarching goal.
Professor H. Peter Soyer
University of Queensland
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This page is a summary of: A pilot trial of mobile, patient-performed teledermoscopy, British Journal of Dermatology, March 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.13550.
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