Total body photography as an aid for the early detection of skin cancer Book Section
| Authors: | Navarrete-Dechent, C.; Liopyris, K.; Rishpon, A.; Marghoob, N. G.; Monnier, J.; Marghoob, A. A. |
| Editor: | Pasquali, P. |
| Article/Chapter Title: | Total body photography as an aid for the early detection of skin cancer |
| Abstract: | Melanoma incidence is on the rise, and the most effective intervention to avoid melanoma mortality is early detection. However, many individuals at high risk for melanoma have a plethora of nevi, many of which display morphologic features overlapping with those manifested in early melanomas. Fortunately, most nevi in adulthood are in a state of clinical senescence and do not change over time; in contrast, melanomas are dynamic lesions that will continuously change over the course of time. This natural behavior of nevi versus melanoma serves as the underpinning for the use total body photography (TBP) as an aid for melanoma detection. The ability to compare the patients’ nevi to a set of baseline images obtained at a prior point in time allows us to utilize the comparative recognition process to identify new or subtly changing lesions that may be an early melanoma. Simple baseline TBP plays an important role in the early detection of melanoma while at the same time reducing the unnecessary removal of clinically and biologically benign lesions. TBP is a valuable tool that can improve the sensitivity for finding early melanoma via the detection of changes noted during follow up visits. This chapter will focus on the role of TBP as an aid for the early detection of melanoma. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020. |
| Keywords: | melanoma; total body photography; medical photography; dermatology; technology; nevi; tbp |
| Book Title: | Photography in Clinical Medicine |
| ISBN: | 978-3-030-24543-6 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Publication Place: | Cham, Switzerland |
| Date Published: | 2020-01-01 |
| Start Page: | 253 |
| End Page: | 269 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-24544-3_18 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Book chapter: 18 -- This chapter can be found under "Part V Standardization in Medical Specialties" -- Source: Scopus |
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