Skin cancer awareness campaign in Southern Brazil: A retrospective cohort study
Introduction: Skin cancer is the most frequent malignant neoplasm in Brazil. Its prognosis is directly related to early diagnosis and institution of adequate treatment. The Skin Cancer National Awareness Campaign (SCNAC) is an essential tool to prevent and detect...
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| author | Grasiela Cassia Monteiro Carolina Matté-Dagostini Pedro Henrique Lodi Samantha Lia Ziotti-Bohn-Gonçalves-Soares Fernando De-Marco-Dos-Santos |
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| description | Introduction: Skin cancer is the most frequent malignant neoplasm in Brazil. Its prognosis
is directly related to early diagnosis and institution of adequate
treatment. The Skin Cancer National Awareness Campaign (SCNAC) is an
essential tool to prevent and detect malignant skin lesions.
Objectives::
To investigate the incidence of skin cancer and the accuracy of dermoscopy in
patients assessed at the SCNAC.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using directly the data collected
from the population assisted at the SCNAC day in 2016, 2017, and 2018 at
Clinical Center of the Universidade de Caxias do Sul (CECLIN-UCS).
Results: Of the 634 patients included, 105 were referred for biopsy with
histopathological study of the lesion. Dermoscopy was suggestive of a
malignant lesion in 55 cases. Biopsy diagnosed malignant lesions in 43
patients and benign lesions in 32 patients. Thus, the sensitivity and
specificity of the test were 86% and 50%, respectively. The accuracy of
dermoscopy in identifying malignant lesions over the three years of the
campaign was around 70%.
Conclusions: Dermoscopy in SCNAC has a good level of sensitivity and specificity when
correlated with final histopathological results. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7dded97e50b548c58d83734620ae93342023-02-02T19:25:29ZengSociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia (SBD)Surgical & Cosmetic Dermatology1984-87732022-12-011410.5935/scd1984-8773.20221400105Skin cancer awareness campaign in Southern Brazil: A retrospective cohort studyGrasiela Cassia Monteiro0Carolina Matté-Dagostini1Pedro Henrique Lodi2Samantha Lia Ziotti-Bohn-Gonçalves-Soares3Fernando De-Marco-Dos-Santos4Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Medical School, Caxias do Sul (RS), BrazilUniversidade de Caxias do Sul, Medical School, Caxias do Sul (RS), BrazilUniversidade de Caxias do Sul, Medical School, Caxias do Sul (RS), BrazilUniversidade de Caxias do Sul, Medical School, Caxias do Sul (RS), BrazilUniversidade de Caxias do Sul, Medical School, Caxias do Sul (RS), BrazilIntroduction: Skin cancer is the most frequent malignant neoplasm in Brazil. Its prognosis is directly related to early diagnosis and institution of adequate treatment. The Skin Cancer National Awareness Campaign (SCNAC) is an essential tool to prevent and detect malignant skin lesions. Objectives:: To investigate the incidence of skin cancer and the accuracy of dermoscopy in patients assessed at the SCNAC. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using directly the data collected from the population assisted at the SCNAC day in 2016, 2017, and 2018 at Clinical Center of the Universidade de Caxias do Sul (CECLIN-UCS). Results: Of the 634 patients included, 105 were referred for biopsy with histopathological study of the lesion. Dermoscopy was suggestive of a malignant lesion in 55 cases. Biopsy diagnosed malignant lesions in 43 patients and benign lesions in 32 patients. Thus, the sensitivity and specificity of the test were 86% and 50%, respectively. The accuracy of dermoscopy in identifying malignant lesions over the three years of the campaign was around 70%. Conclusions: Dermoscopy in SCNAC has a good level of sensitivity and specificity when correlated with final histopathological results.http://www.surgicalcosmetic.org.br/Content/imagebank/pdf/v14/en_v14a105.pdfdermatologydermoscopyobservational studyskin neoplasmshealth promotion |
| spellingShingle | Grasiela Cassia Monteiro Carolina Matté-Dagostini Pedro Henrique Lodi Samantha Lia Ziotti-Bohn-Gonçalves-Soares Fernando De-Marco-Dos-Santos Skin cancer awareness campaign in Southern Brazil: A retrospective cohort study Surgical & Cosmetic Dermatology dermatology dermoscopy observational study skin neoplasms health promotion |
| title | Skin cancer awareness campaign in Southern Brazil: A retrospective
cohort study |
| title_full | Skin cancer awareness campaign in Southern Brazil: A retrospective
cohort study |
| title_fullStr | Skin cancer awareness campaign in Southern Brazil: A retrospective
cohort study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Skin cancer awareness campaign in Southern Brazil: A retrospective
cohort study |
| title_short | Skin cancer awareness campaign in Southern Brazil: A retrospective
cohort study |
| title_sort | skin cancer awareness campaign in southern brazil a retrospective cohort study |
| topic | dermatology dermoscopy observational study skin neoplasms health promotion |
| url | http://www.surgicalcosmetic.org.br/Content/imagebank/pdf/v14/en_v14a105.pdf |
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