dc.contributor.author | Betz-Stablein, B | |
dc.contributor.author | Koh, U | |
dc.contributor.author | Plasmeijer, EI | |
dc.contributor.author | Janda, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Aitken, JF | |
dc.contributor.author | Soyer, HP | |
dc.contributor.author | Green, AC | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-27T22:01:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-01-27T22:01:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0007-0963 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/bjd.18802 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/390753 | |
dc.description.abstract | DEAR 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.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Wiley | |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | British Journal of Dermatology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Clinical sciences | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Oncology and carcinogenesis | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 3202 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 3211 | |
dc.title | Self-reported naevus density may lead to misclassification of melanoma risk | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C3 - Articles (Letter/ Note) | |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Janda, 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.updated | 2020-01-22T03:22:42Z | |
dc.description.version | Accepted Manuscript (AM) | |
gro.description.notepublic | This 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) | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Aitken, Joanne | |