Safeguarding skin cancer services during Covid-19 using teledermatology
Dr Amy Poyner, a GP on the Isle of Wight, highlights how using teledermatology has ensured referrals continue as normal during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Skin cancer apps ‘cannot be relied upon for accurate results’, study finds
Experts found the apps may cause harm from failure to identify potentially deadly skin cancers, or from over-investigation such as removing harmless moles.
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App’s skin cancer detection capability ‘well above that of GPs’
Researchers determined that the SkinVision app had a sensitivity of 95% in detecting the most common forms of the disease and a specificity of 78%.
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Two Isle of Wight GP practices roll out skin diagnosis app
The practices have both introduced the Dermicus app, which was created by Swedish company, Gnosco which recently teamed up with an AHSN in Wessex.
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