{"title":"[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on skin cancer screening : Results of a large dermatology practice in Bavaria's largest county by area].","authors":"Petra Ziegler","doi":"10.1007/s00105-022-04941-6","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The advantages and disadvantages of the nationwide skin cancer screening which was introduced in 2008 are regularly discussed.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Do missed skin cancer screenings change the tumor depths?</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Evaluation and analysis of office data from the second quarters of 2019, 2020 and 2021 were compared using the one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Welch's F test.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was a significant increase in the tumor thickness in squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma, while there was only a tendency due to the small amount of data available for malignant melanoma.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results of the analysis emphasize the importance of the skin cancer screening as a method of early detection and reduction of mutilating operations and expensive immunotherapies by the prompt detection of malignant tumors.</p>","PeriodicalId":12970,"journal":{"name":"Hautarzt","volume":"73 3","pages":"212-215"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8780044/pdf/","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Hautarzt","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00105-022-04941-6","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2022/1/21 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Background: The advantages and disadvantages of the nationwide skin cancer screening which was introduced in 2008 are regularly discussed.
Objectives: Do missed skin cancer screenings change the tumor depths?
Methods: Evaluation and analysis of office data from the second quarters of 2019, 2020 and 2021 were compared using the one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Welch's F test.
Results: There was a significant increase in the tumor thickness in squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma, while there was only a tendency due to the small amount of data available for malignant melanoma.
Conclusions: The results of the analysis emphasize the importance of the skin cancer screening as a method of early detection and reduction of mutilating operations and expensive immunotherapies by the prompt detection of malignant tumors.
期刊介绍:
Der Hautarzt is an internationally recognized journal informing all dermatologists working in practical or clinical environments about important developments in the field of dermatology including allergology, venereology and related areas.
Comprehensive reviews on a specific topical issue focus on providing evidenced based information on diagnostics and therapy.
Freely submitted original papers allow the presentation of important clinical studies and serve the scientific exchange.
Case reports feature interesting cases and aim at optimizing diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.
Review articles under the rubric "Continuing Medical Education" present verified results of scientific research and their integration into daily practice.