Dermoscopy of External Ear Melanocytic Lesions: Performance of Selected Dermoscopic Screening Algorithms and Proposal of a New Predictive Model for Malignancy (AuriCheck Dermoscopic Algorithm)

Overview

Journal Cancers (Basel)

Publisher MDPI

Specialty Oncology

Date 2025 Feb 26

PMID 40002273

Authors

Jakub Zolkiewicz

Luc Thomas

Grazyna Kaminska-Winciorek

Krzysztof Pastuszak

Michal Kunc

Urszula Mainska

Michal Sobjanek

Martyna Slawinska

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Abstract

Dermoscopy is a non-invasive imaging technique that significantly enhances diagnostic accuracy in diagnosing skin disorders [...].

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