Assessment of a Diagnostic Classification System for Management of Lesions to Exclude Melanoma.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The proposed MOLEM (Management of Lesion to Exclude Melanoma) schema is more clinically relevant than Melanocytic Pathology Assessment Tool and Hierarchy for Diagnosis (MATH-Dx) for the management classification of melanocytic and nonmelanocytic lesions excised to exclude melanoma. A more standardized way of establishing diagnostic criteria will be crucial in the training of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms.

Objective

To examine pathologists' variability, reliability, and confidence in reporting melanocytic and nonmelanocytic lesions excised to exclude melanoma using the MOLEM schema in a population of higher-risk patients.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study enrolled higher-risk patients referred to a primary care skin clinic in New

SUBMITTER: Katz I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8665368 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature