Dermatologist detection and skin self-examination are associated with thinner melanomas: results from a survey of the Italian Multidisciplinary Group on Melanoma

Archives of Dermatology
Paolo CarliItalian Multidisciplinary Group on Melanoma

Abstract

To investigate patterns of detection and variables associated with early diagnosis of melanoma in a population at intermediate melanoma risk. Survey. Hospital and university centers belonging to the Italian Multidisciplinary Group on Melanoma. Eight hundred sixteen patients who were consecutively diagnosed as having melanoma and treated at 11 participating centers. Relationship between patterns of detection and patient's and physician's delay with melanoma thickness, assessed by multivariate analysis. A statistically significant association with early diagnosis was found for female sex (odds ratio [OR] for a lesion >1 mm in thickness, 0.70; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.50-0.97), higher educational level (OR, 0.44; 95% CI, 0.24-0.79), residence in northern and central Italy (compared with southern Italy) (OR, 0.44; 95% CI, 0.30-0.65 and OR, 0.24; 95% CI, 0.15-0.37, respectively), and the habit of performing a skin self-examination (OR, 0.65; 95% CI, 0.45-0.93). When adjusted for all the previously mentioned variables, only melanoma detection made by a dermatologist, maybe incidentally, was associated with a statistically significant additional effect on early diagnosis (OR, 0.45; 95% CI, 0.28-0.73). No significant effect of a...Continue Reading

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