Medicina
Clinical and Dermoscopic Determinants of Surgical Decision-Making in Skin Cancer Screening: A Retrospective Analysis
Background and Objectives: Deciding which pigmented or non-pigmented skin lesions require surgical excision, as opposed to continued observation, is a common challenge in everyday dermatologic practice. Although dermoscopy is well established as a tool that improves melanoma detection accuracy compared with naked-eye examination, real-world evidence on how demographic profile, patient history, and dermoscopic impression jointly influence the surgical decision remains limited. This study examined the clinical and de …