Early diagnosis of melanoma: a randomized trial assessing the impact of the transmission of photographs taken with a smartphone from the general practitioner to the dermatologist on the time to dermatological consultation

• Main Authors: Céline Bouton (Author), Héloïse Schmeltz (Author), Charlotte Lévèque (Author), Aurélie Gaultier (Author), Gaëlle Quereux (Author), Brigitte Dreno (Author), JM Nguyen (Author), Cédric Rat (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Difficulty obtaining a dermatological consultation is an obstacle to the early diagnosis of melanoma. On the one hand, patients survival depends on the lesion thickness at the time of diagnosis. On the other hand, dermatologists treat many patients with benign lesions. Optimizing...