A novel imaging technique as an adjunct to the in vivo diagnosis of nonmelanoma skin cancer

Autor:	Elaine M. Sassoon, Gill M Price, Hamid Tehrani, P Hall, S Cotton, Joe Walls
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Dermatology medicine.disease Logistic regression Epidermoid carcinoma In vivo medicine Basal cell carcinoma Imaging technique Skin cancer business Prospective cohort study Melanoma diagnosis
Zdroj:	British Journal of Dermatology. 155:1177-1183
ISSN:	0007-0963
DOI:	10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07513.x
Popis:	Summary Background Spectrophotometric intracutaneous analysis (SIAscopy) is a light-based imaging system capable of producing rapid images of melanin, blood and collagen of the skin. Although the SIAscope has been investigated for melanoma diagnosis, no formal study has been conducted to determine its use in the diagnosis of nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC). Objectives A prospective study was conducted to investigate the potential for the SIAscope to diagnose NMSC. Methods In total, 302 consecutive patients were recruited into the study, 363 lesions being scanned. Logistic regression analysis was used to construct a predictive model for NMSC diagnosis and receiver–operator characteristic curves were used to assess overall accuracy of the model. Results A sensitivity of 98·0%, specificity of 95·7% and overall accuracy of 98·2% was found for NMSC diagnosis by the SIAscope model. Conclusions Results suggest that the SIAscope may be a useful adjunct in the diagnosis of NMSC.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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