Publications by authors named "Susanna Puig"

Introduction: Melanoma is the deadliest of all the skin cancers and its incidence is increasing every year in Europe. Patients with melanoma often present late to the specialist and treatment is delayed for many reasons (delay in patient consultation, misdiagnosis by general practitioners, and/or limited access to dermatologists). Beyond this, there are significant inequalities in skin cancer between population groups within the same country and between countries across Europe.

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Article Synopsis
  • LC-OCT is a new noninvasive imaging technique that improves the diagnosis of skin cancers, particularly basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) compared to traditional dermoscopy.
  • A study involving 243 skin lesions showed a significant increase in specificity for LC-OCT (87%) versus dermoscopy (73%), while sensitivity remained consistent at 95% for both methods.
  • The findings suggest that LC-OCT could be integrated into the diagnostic process after dermoscopy, potentially reducing unnecessary biopsies for benign lesions without compromising accuracy.
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The use of mobile electronic devices as support to medical activity was largely implemented in the past decade. Our first aim was to evaluate the frequency of use of different electronic devices, that is, personal computer (PC), notebook, tablet, smartphone, in a pool of dermatologists recruited to perform multiple online testing session on difficult melanocytic skin lesions (MSLs) cases. The second aim was to evaluate the feasibility of each device in terms of teledermatologic diagnostic performance; the use of four different diagnostic methods, that is, intuitive diagnosis and three dermoscopic algorithms, was also investigated.

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