Studies

Sunday, 06 June 2010 10:33 | Written by Gerald Gabler | Print

The following studies have been activated. If you like to participate to a specific study please send an email to the coordinator of the study. General criteria for authorship and study proposals are available here.

The rules for publishing data from dermoscopy photographs have changed (as of Feb 2009). To publish retrospective studies using images from patients you need the following requisites:

1. You have obtained verbal or written consent (depending upon the rules of your IRB/Ethics review board) for the use of the images that "were taken during routine patient care".

AND

1. You have an Institutional Review Board or Ethics Committee that has allowed the use of these images in studies

OR

2. You have an IRB waiver for the use of the images

OR

3. Your country does not require IRB review for such a collection of images.

If you are in the last category we will need to name the countries in the Methods section. All participants are encouraged to contact their IRB to confirm what they should be doing.

Published Studies
3-point checklist web study Coordinated by G. Argenziano (2006)
Dermoscopy report Coordinated by J. Malvehy (2007)

Dermoscopy key-points

 Coordinated by J. Bowling and R. Braun (2007)
Amelanotic melanoma Coordinated by S. Menzies (2008)
Slow-growing melanoma Coordinated by G. Argenziano (2009)
Mucosal melanoma Coordinated by A. Blum (2011This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it)
Scalp lesions Coordinated by I. Stanganelli, R. Bono and I. Zalaudek (2011)
Closed Studies
 Nodular melanoma study Coordinated by S. Menzies ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it )
Recurrent melanocytic skin tumours study Coordinators: Andreas Blum ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ), Rainer Hofmann-Wellenhof ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it )
Active Studies
Register of nail unit congenital nevi

Coordinated by L. Thomas ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it )
Unified Dermoscopy Algorithm

Coordinator and data collection: Itay Klaz ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ),  Ashfaq A Marghoob, Allan C Halpern

Please go to http://uda.dermoscopy-ids.org/  if you like to join the UDA study!
Supported Studies

Dermoscopy use in Australia (2011)

Results of a nationwide dermoscopy survey investigating the prevalence, advantages and disadvantages of dermoscopy use among Australian dermatologists ()
The User-Generated Web-Based Dermoscopy Image Archive of the International Dermoscopy Society: A Contribution to E-Learning and Exchange of Knowledge

A dermoscopy image archive to enable members to locate previous cases based on both clinical and dermoscopic criteria which are entered. The arrangement was developed with the goal of offering an additional source of dermoscopic images and expanding the value of the forum as an educational tool in dermoscopy.
 
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