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ToolsTehrani, Hamid, Walls, Joe, Price, Gill, Cotton, Symon, Sassoon, Elaine and Hall, Per (2007) A prospective comparison of spectrophotometric intracutaneous analysis to clinical judgment in the diagnosis of nonmelanoma skin cancer. Annals of Plastic Surgery, 58 (2). pp. 209-211.
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Introduction: Research indicates that spectrophotometric intracutaneous analysis (SIAscopy) may be a useful adjunct in nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) diagnosis. A study was performed to prospectively assess the accuracy of NMSC diagnosis by the SIAscope as compared with a clinician. Methods: Prior to excision, 323 consecutive lesions were examined and diagnosed by a clinician. SIAgraphs were then taken of the lesions and examined blindly at a later date. Diagnostic accuracy for the clinician and SIAscope was compared between the clinician and SIAscope and to histology. Results: Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values for clinical diagnoses were 95.6%, 75.8%, 0.79, and 0.95, respectively. Results for SIA diagnoses were 97.5%, 86.7%, 0.88, and 0.97. Statistical comparison revealed comparable sensitivities for the 2 groups but significantly better specificity for the SIAscope at the 95% confidence level. Conclusion: This study indicates that the SIAscope may be useful in NMSC diagnosis, with accuracies comparable to a clinician.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Services and Primary Care Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Epidemiology and Public Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023) |
| Depositing User: | EPrints Services |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Nov 2010 11:11 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Nov 2023 01:43 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/13834 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/01.sap.0000235476.10517.bb |
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