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Should We Leave the Skin Biopsies to the Dermatologists?

Kathryn T. Shahwan, Alexa B. Kimball

JAMA Dermatology · 2016 · 10 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

This Viewpoint describes dermatologists’ accuracy at skin cancer diagnosis compared with other health care professionals and hypothesizes that prioritizing biopsies to dermatologists may be a cost-effective strategy.

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