Diagnostic aids for melanoma

Author(s):

• Professor Scott Menzies — Author
• Associate Professor Pascale Guitera FACD PhD — Author
• Professor John Kelly — Author
• Dr Nikki Adler — Author
• Dr Alex Chamberlain — Co-author
• Professor H. Peter Soyer — Co-author
• Paul Fishburn — Co-author
• Clinton Heal — Contributor
• Alison Button-Sloan — Contributor
• Cancer Council Australia Melanoma Guidelines Working Party — Co-author

In partnership with:

Melanoma Institute Australia

Cite this page

Menzies, S, Associate Professor Pascale Guitera FACD PhD, Kelly, J, Dr Nikki Adler, Dr Alex Chamberlain, Soyer, P, Paul Fishburn, Clinton Heal, Alison Button-Sloan, Cancer Council Australia Melanoma Guidelines Working Party. Guidelines:Melanoma/Diagnostic aids for melanoma . In: Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of melanoma. Sydney: Melanoma Institute Australia. [Version URL: https://wiki.cancer.org.au/australiawiki/index.php?oldid=186024, cited 2023 Mar 31]. Available from: https://wiki.cancer.org.au/australia/Guidelines:Melanoma.

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14 May 2018 04:47:35

Introduction

There are many instruments available to aid the diagnosis of primary melanoma of the skin. We have reviewed the main techniques that have an adequate literature to propose recommendations, but understand that a variety of devices have not been reviewed.

This section covers the following questions:

• What is the role of dermoscopy in melanoma diagnosis?

• What is the role of sequential digital dermoscopy imaging in melanoma diagnosis?

• What is the role of automated instruments in melanoma diagnosis?

• What is the role of confocal microscopy in melanoma diagnosis?

• What is the role of skin surface imaging (total body photography) in the early diagnosis of patients at high risk of developing melanoma?