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dc.contributor.authorBetz-Stablein, B
dc.contributor.authorKoh, U
dc.contributor.authorPlasmeijer, EI
dc.contributor.authorJanda, M
dc.contributor.authorAitken, JF
dc.contributor.authorSoyer, HP
dc.contributor.authorGreen, AC
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-27T22:01:25Z
dc.date.available2020-01-27T22:01:25Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn0007-0963
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/bjd.18802
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/390753
dc.description.abstractDEAR EDITOR, The incidence of cutaneous melanoma continues to rise, imposing a sizeable burden on health services and society.1 The strongest known risk factor for melanoma is the presence of many melanocytic naevi.2 Naevus prevalence studies use a variety of counting methods from objective counts by dermatologists/research staff to self-counts. This diversity likely contributes to the variation seen in prevalence estimates.3 Expert counts are more accurate but are labour intensive and costly. Self-counts by untrained people are attractive because they facilitate data collection from larger populations. An Australian study showed a moderately strong relationship between adults’ self-reported totalbody naevus density (none, few, some or many, based on images) and a dermatologist’s total-body naevus count.4 The authors proposed that self-reported categorical measures of naevi (naevus density) better reflect dermatologist counts than self-reported absolute counts.4 Given the importance of accurate classification, we compared the characteristics of those who correctly classified their naevus density, based on a dermatologist’s naevus count, with those who did not.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBritish Journal of Dermatology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOncology and carcinogenesis
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3211
dc.titleSelf-reported naevus density may lead to misclassification of melanoma risk
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC3 - Articles (Letter/ Note)
dcterms.bibliographicCitationJanda, M; Aitken, JF; Soyer, HP; Green, AC, Self-reported naevus density may lead to misclassification of melanoma risk., British Journal of Dermatology, 2019
dc.date.updated2020-01-22T03:22:42Z
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
gro.rights.copyright© 2019 British Association of Dermatologists. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Self‐reported naevus density may lead to misclassification of melanoma risk, British Journal of Dermatology, which has been published in final form at 10.1111/bjd.18802. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)
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gro.griffith.authorAitken, Joanne


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