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Diagnostic performance parameters for melanocytic lesions before and during the dermoscopy era Volume 27, numéro 2, March-April 2017

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Auteurs
1 Dermatologic Clinic
Department of Health Sciences
University of Milan
AO Santi Paolo e Carlo
Milan, Italy
2 Department of Health Sciences
Division of Pathology
University of Milan
AO Santi Paolo e Carlo
20142 Milan, Italy

Dermoscopy used in the screening for melanomas allows for better diagnosis and a clearer indication of the benign and malignant ratio (B:M) and number of suspected nevi needed to be treated (NNT) as melanomas [1, 2]. However, these indicators are considered to show low sensitivity since they lead to late detection of melanomas which may not be identified in situ. Recently, a new marker of sensitivity has been proposed which is calculated based on the correlation between invasive malignant melanoma [...]