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June K. Robinson, MD; Sara Ortiz, BA

Arch Dermatol. 2009;145(3):332-333.

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Dermatologists support public education campaigns using photographic references of nevi and melanoma, and they distribute brochures with these images to their patients in the belief that such images teach people to self-detect changing nevi and melanomas.¹ Photographic images of melanomas optimize people's spontaneous image recognition.² After the initial review, it is unclear how reference materials are used. We explored the use of educational material by people at risk to develop melanoma.

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The study population, composed of 174 participants with melanoma and their cohabitating partners, was randomized into either the dyadic (couple) or single learning condition of an educational intervention to learn skin self-examination (SSE). Specifics on the inclusion and exclusion criteria and the intervention have been published.^3-5 Briefly, at the initial visit, subjects participated in a demonstration of the ABCDE rule (asymmetry, border irregularity, color variegation, diameter 6 mm, and evolution), and a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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