Skin markings to differentiate benign from malignant lesions: A prospective observational study

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022 Oct;87(4):843-845. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2021.07.075. Epub 2021 Aug 19.

Authors

Rachel Manci¹, Michael A Marchetti², Stephen W Dusza², Megan Dauscher², Ashfaq A Marghoob³

Affiliations

¹ Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, New Jersey.
² Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
³ Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. Electronic address: marghooa@mskcc.org.

No abstract available

Keywords: cutaneous malignancy; dermoscopy; linear-polarized light; parallel polarized light; polarization; polarized light; skin cancer.

Publication types

Observational Study
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Dermoscopy*
Humans
Prospective Studies
Skin / pathology
Skin Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Skin Neoplasms* / pathology

Grants and funding

P30 CA008748/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States