NEW YORK — Expanded diagnostic criteria that include identification of different, uneven or changing lesions can enhance sensitivity for early detection of melanoma, according to study results presented at the HemOnc Today Melanoma and Cutaneous Malignancies meeting.
ABCD criteria (asymmetry, border irregularity, color variegation and diameter >6 mm) have served as the standard for detecting the presence of early cutaneous melanoma. Evolution of lesions was added to diagnostic criteria in 2004.
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