SLIDE 3 Melanoma Statistics
- Increase in incidents rates
- It is estimated that the number of new melanoma cases diagnosed in 2019
will increase 7.7%
- Most new melanomas are de novo
- How can we spot them?
American Cancer Society – Cancer Facts & Figures 2019 A meta‐analysis of nevus‐associated melanoma: Prevalence and practical implications Pampena, Riccardo et al. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Volume 77, Issue 5, 938 ‐ 945.e4
A recent study published in the JAAD shows that there is general agreement among Pigmented Lesion Experts recommending Total Body Photography and Dermoscopic Imaging for “high‐risk” patients.
Recommendation #1: Total body photography is recommended for patients with familial atypical multiple mole melanoma syndrome (FAMMM Syndrome, aka dysplastic nevus syndrome) Strongly Agree: 91% Agree: 0% Neither Agree nor Disagree: 9% Disagree: 0% Strongly Disagree: 0% Recommendation #1: Serial digital dermoscopic imaging is recommended for montioring "ugly duckling" nevi with equivocal dermoscopic features Strongly Agree: 55% Agree: 27% Neither Agree nor Disagree: 0% Disagree: 0% Strongly Disagree: 18% Recommendation #2: Total body photography is recommended in adults with > than 50 nevi that have one or more
- f the following: (1) a personal history of
multiple cutaneous melanomas; (2) a personal history of an amelanotic melanoma; multiple pink nevi, multiple clinically atypical nevi, and/or; (3) a genetic syndrome that predisposes to the development of cutaneous melanoma. Strongly Agree: 64% Agree: 36% Neither Agree no Disagree: 0% Disagree: 0% Strongly Disagree: 0% Recommendation #2: Serial digital dermoscopic imaging is recommended in patiets with a large or growing lentigo‐ like lesion that lack diagnostic dermoscopic features with a plan to re‐ evaluate at a three to six‐month interval Strongly Agree: 27% Agree: 55% Neither Agree no Disagree: 18% Disagree: 9% Strongly Disagree: 0% Total Body Photography Serial Digital Dermoscopic Imaging
Waldman RA, Grant‐Kels JM, Curiel CN, Curtis J, Rodriguez SG, Hu S, Kerr P, Marghoob A, Markowitz O, Pellacani G, Rabinovitz H, Rao B, Scope A, Stein JA, Swetter SM, Consensus Recommendations for the Use of Non‐Invasive Melanoma Detection Techniques Based on Results of an International DELPHI Process, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2019.09.046.
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