دورية أكاديمية
Diagnostic Services for Melanoma in Italy
| العنوان: | Diagnostic Services for Melanoma in Italy |
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| المؤلفون: | Stanganelli, Ignazio, Ascierto, Paolo, Bono, Riccardo, De Giorgi, Vincenzo, Pimpinelli, Nicola, Chiarion-Sileni, Vanna, Palmieri, Giuseppe, Pizzichetta, Maria Antonietta, Testori, Alessandro |
| المصدر: | Dermatology ; volume 226, issue Suppl. 1, page 3-6 ; ISSN 1018-8665 1421-9832 |
| بيانات النشر: | S. Karger AG |
| سنة النشر: | 2013 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Dermatology |
| الوصف: | Objective: To evaluate organizational structure and diagnostic procedures used by the Italian hospital network for identifying cutaneous melanoma. Methods: A nationwide survey of a representative sample of centers was conducted. Results: Diagnosis occurs mainly in ambulatory dermatology clinics (91%). In all high-volume hospitals, clinical and dermoscopic examination is available at first consultation or as an additional service, compared to 89% of low-volume hospitals. Computer-assisted videodermoscopy is available in 75% of hospitals, with a statistically significant difference between high- and low-volume hospitals (86 vs. 62%; p < 0.001). First consultation is generally an integrated clinical/dermoscopic evaluation (55% of high-volume centers vs. 47% of low-volume hospitals); digital evaluation is available for monitoring suspicious lesions and high-risk patients in 25% of high-volume centers versus 19% of low-volume centers. Conclusions: The organizational structure and diagnostic procedures in Italian hospitals are in line with modern diagnostic procedures for early diagnosis of melanoma. Dermatologists have a central role in managing diagnosis of primitive melanoma. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000348860 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1159/000348860Test https://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/348860Test |
| حقوق: | https://www.karger.com/Services/SiteLicensesTest ; https://www.karger.com/Services/SiteLicensesTest |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.8FE673D2 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000348860 |
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