ReportDermoscopy report: Proposal for standardization: Results of a consensus meeting of the International Dermoscopy Society
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Material and methods
The project for the dermoscopy report consensus document was proposed at the meeting of the IDS in February 2003 to the Board of the Society. A steering committee was chosen for this endeavor. The work began with an extensive search by the committee to identify publications on dermoscopy. This search included medical databases (MEDLINE, PubMed, and EMBASE) up to January 1987. In addition, the Dermoscopy Report Committee reviewed the reference lists from the retrieved articles, searched personal
Results
Information considered relevant by the majority of IDS Board members has been incorporated into the 10-point dermoscopy report outlined in the following paragraphs. The 10 points were subsequently classified into two categories: “recommended” and “optional.” These criteria are summarized in Table I.
Discussion
The guiding principle in the development of this dermoscopy consensus document was to select the most relevant items, based on scientific evidence and expert experience, to be included in the final report. The 10-point template was designed so as to be able to communicate vital information concerning the patient and a given tumor. The Dermoscopy Report Steering Committee believes that having a standardized dermoscopy reporting system with standard criteria will make it easier for consultants to
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Board Members of the International Dermoscopy Society: R. Anadolu (Turkey), L. Andreassi (Italy); I. Bartenjev (Slovenia); R. Bergman (Israel); M. Binder (Austria); A. Blum (Germany); J. Bowling (United Kingdom), R. Braun (Switzerland); H. Cabo (Argentina); L. Cabrijan (Croatia); P. Carli (Italy); B. Carlos (Mexico); S. Chimenti (Italy); A. B. Cognetta (United States); R. Corona (Italy); V. De Giorgi (Italy); H. Dong (China); G. Ferrara (Italy); M. Fleming (United States); J. Grichnik (United States); C. Grin-Jorgensen (United States); A. Halpern (United States), R. Hofmann-Wellenhof (Austria); C. Ingvar (Sweden); R. Johr (United States), B. Katz (United States), H. Kerl (Austria); H. Kittler (Austria); A. W. Kopf (United States); J. Kreusch (Germany); D. Langford (New Zealand); B. Li (China); H. Lorentzen (Denmark); A. A. Marghoob (United States); C. Massone (Austria); G. Mazzocchetti (Italy); W. McCarthy (Australia); S. Menzies (Australia); M. Oliviero (United States), F. Özdemir (Turkey); H. Pehamberger (Austria); G. Pellacani (Italy); K. Peris (Italy); A. Perusquia (Mexico); D. Piccolo (Italy); M. A. Pizzichetta (Italy); D. Polsky (United States); H. Rabinovitz (United States), B. Rao (United States); S. Ronger (France); P. Rubegni (Italy); T. Saida (Japan); M. Scalvenzi (Italy); R. Schiffner (Germany); S. Seidenari (Italy); I. Stanganelli (Italy); W. V. Stoecker (United States); W. Stolz (Germany); M. Tanaka (Japan); L. Thomas (France); T. Tsuchida (Japan); S. Q. Wang (United States); K. Westerhoff (Sweden); I. H. Wolf (Austria); I. Zalaudek (Austria).