Melanoma Breslow Thickness Classification Using Ensemble-Based Knowledge Distillation With Semi-Supervised Convolutional Neural Networks.

Melanoma is considered a global public health challenge and is responsible for more than 90% deaths related to skin cancer. Although the diagnosis of early melanoma is the main goal of dermoscopy, the discrimination between dermoscopic images of in situ and invasive melanomas can be a difficult task even for experienced dermatologists. Recent advances in artificial intelligence in the field of medical image analysis show that its application to dermoscopy with the aim of supporting and providing a second opinion to the medical expert could be of great interest.

Dropout Rate in Digital Health Interventions for the Prevention of Skin Cancer: Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Metaregression.

Background: Digital strategies are innovative approaches to the prevention of skin cancer, but the attrition following this kind of intervention needs to be analyzed.

Objective: The aim of this paper is to assess the dropouts from studies focused on digital strategies for the prevention of skin cancer.

Methods: We conducted this systematic review with meta-analyses and metaregression according to the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) statements.

Systemic sclerosis mortality trends in Spain from 1980 to 2019: age-period-cohort and joinpoint analysis.

Background: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune chronic rheumatic disease with a high mortality rate, which continues to be a challenge for clinicians today.

Aim: To assess changes in mortality trends in the Spanish SSc population between 1980 and 2019, taking into account the independent effects of sex, age, time period and birth cohort.

Methods: SSc death records and mid-year population data were collected from the National Statistics Institute.

Hidradenitis suppurativa and Down syndrome in a single-centre sample: A cross-sectional study.

Down syndrome (DS) has been related to a higher risk of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS). This cross-sectional study assessed DS patients with HS in a Spanish single-centre sample. DS participants presented a lower age of onset, age at diagnosis and time to diagnosis.