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Skin Cancer Telemedicine

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The special characteristics of dermatology have turned telemedicine into a feasible methodology to deliver dermatologic care in areas where in-person specialized consultations are difficult or in those clinical settings in which transmitted pictures and clinical information allow a remote dermatologist to make management decisions. Skin cancer offers additional advantages for telemedicine management (lower clinical information needed to make decisions, high quality pictures from single lesions, possibility to make decision on the referral to the skin cancer clinic, etc.). The triage of skin cancer patients through telemedicine has been evaluated with excellent results in terms of diagnostic accuracy, effectiveness, and efficiency. The preoperative management of skin cancer patients through telemedicine has been also implemented and tested with favorable results. Telemedicine may also be of help in managing skin cancer patients not suitable for surgical treatment (i.e. topical immunomodifiers). The use of telemedicine in skin cancer clinics is supported by levels of evidence Ib-IIa, with strength of recommendations of A-B.

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  1. Skin Cancer and Teledermatology Clinic, Dermatology Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain

    David Moreno-Ramirez & Lara Ferrandiz

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  1. , Princess Alexandra Hospital, The University of Queensland School of, 199 Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, 4102, Queensland, Australia

    Hans Peter Soyer

  2. Department of Dermatology, Medical University Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, Vienna, 1090, Austria

    Michael Binder

  3. Royal Children's Hospital, Centre for Online Health, The University of Queensland, Corner of Bramston Terrace & Herston Road, Herston, 4029, Queensland, Australia

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  4. School of Medicine - Princess Alexandra, Dermatology Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Ipswich Road 199, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Elisabeth M.T. Wurm

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Moreno-Ramirez, D., Ferrandiz, L. (2012). Skin Cancer Telemedicine. In: Soyer, H., Binder, M., Smith, A., Wurm, E. (eds) Telemedicine in Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20801-0_14

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