Doherty V R, MacKie R M
Department of Dermatology, University of Glasgow.
BMJ. 1988 Aug 6;297(6645):388-91. doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6645.388.
A public education campaign is described which aimed at encouraging earlier self recognition and thus treatment of cutaneous malignant melanoma. The unique aspect of this campaign was that the changes in the numbers of referrals of patients with melanomas and the changes in the hospital workload associated with this programme were quantified. In the calendar year of the campaign and the following year a statistically significant rise was seen in the percentage of thin melanomas with a good prognosis that were treated and a concomitant significant fall in the proportion of thick lesions with a poor prognosis.
描述了一场公共教育活动，其目的是鼓励更早地自我识别从而治疗皮肤恶性黑色素瘤。该活动的独特之处在于对黑色素瘤患者转诊数量的变化以及与该项目相关的医院工作量变化进行了量化。在活动当年及次年，经治疗的预后良好的薄型黑色素瘤的百分比出现了统计学上的显著上升，同时预后不良的厚型病变的比例显著下降。
