Patient presentation, skin biopsy utilization and cutaneous malignant melanoma incidence and mortality in northern Italy: Trends and correlations.
Lauro BucchiSilvia ManciniFederica ZamagniEmanuele CrocettiLuigino Dal MasoStefano FerrettiFlavia BaldacchiniOrietta GiulianiAlessandra RavaioliRosa VattiatoAngelita BrustolinGiuseppa CandelaSimona CaroneGiuliano CarrozziRossella CavalloYlenia Maria DinaroMargherita FerranteSilvia IacovacciGuido MazzoleniAntonino MusolinoRoberto Vito RizzelloDiego SerrainoAnnibale BiggeriIgnazio StanganelliFabio Falcininull nullPublished in: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV (2022)
In Italy, the increasing CMM incidence trend is, at least in part, genuine. Overdiagnosis-if any-is due to an increased patient presentation at dermatologic offices and not to a lower dermatologic threshold to perform biopsy.