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  • Title: Diagnosing skin malignancy: assessment of predictive clinical criteria and risk factors.
    Author: Strayer SM, Reynolds PL.
    Journal: J Fam Pract; 2003 Mar; 52(3):210-8. PubMed ID: 12620175.
    Abstract:
    Expect to encounter 6 to 7 cases of basal cell cancer, 1 to 2 cases of squamous cell cancer, and approximately 1 case of melanoma every year. There is good evidence for using the American Cancer Society's ABCDE criteria as a clinical diagnostic test to rule out malignant melanoma). The revised 7-point checklist has high sensitivity and is therefore useful for ruling out a diagnosis of malignant melanoma. However, its low specificity yields many false-positive results. The gold standard for diagnosis of skin malignancies is a tissue biopsy. If any doubt exists about the diagnosis, a biopsy should be performed.
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