Hayden T. Middleton practices in family medicine at M Health Fairview in St. Paul, Minn. Christopher L. Boswell is associate program director of the family medicine residency program and an assistant professor in family medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Brittany A. Strelow is an assistant professor of medicine in community internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Peter A. Young is a faculty member at the Stanford University School of Medicine and practices dermatology at Kaiser Permanente in Roseville, Calif. Julio C. Sartori-Valinotti is associate program director of the dermatology residency program and assistant professor in dermatology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. David L. Swanson is program director of the residency program and professor in dermatology at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Ariz. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
JAAPA. 2024 Jun 1;37(6):37-41. doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000000000000023. Epub 2024 May 28.
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, with an estimated 9,500 new diagnoses made each day. Dermoscopy (also called dermatoscopy) is an established clinical approach to improving skin cancer evaluation. However, only 8% to 9% of primary care physicians use it, and no data are available for physician associate/assistant or NP use. This article reports a dermoscopy algorithm that primary care providers can use to increase the detection of skin cancer and reduce unnecessary referrals and biopsies.
皮肤癌是美国最常见的癌症，每天估计有 9500 例新诊断病例。皮肤镜检查（也称为皮肤镜检查）是一种已确立的临床方法，可改善皮肤癌的评估。然而，只有 8%至 9%的初级保健医生使用它，并且没有关于医师助理/助手或 NP 使用的数据。本文报告了一种初级保健提供者可以使用的皮肤镜检查算法，以提高皮肤癌的检出率，并减少不必要的转诊和活检。
