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Arch Dermatol. 2006;142:1485-1486.

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In the largest population-based analysis of the role of length of time to diagnosis, Baade et al¹ in this issue of the ARCHIVES evaluate the role of time from first noticing a lesion to final diagnosis. Their results echo those of other authors^2-9 (Table) and unpublished data (M.B., 1987-1989) to indicate that there seems to be no correlation between the length of time between first noticing a lesion to its ultimate diagnosis and the Breslow thickness of the lesion, the major clinical prognostic factor to date. The study by Baade et al is based on a combination of telephone interviews with 3772 Queensland, Australia, residents, with a solid response rate of 77.9% and pathological data from the population-based Queensland Cancer Registry supplying Breslow thickness and histologic findings for the lesions. By conducting reinterviews of 176 responders, these investigators confirmed a high level of reliability among their participants. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Marianne Berwick, PhD, MPH

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