Melanoma Institute of Australia release new clinical tools to identify melanoma risk
September 14, 2020
The Melanoma Institute of Australia have released three new online calculators:
- First primary melanoma risk calculator: predict a patient's risk of developing their first primary melanoma
- Subsequent primary melanoma risk calculator: predicts the risk of a patient developing a subsequent primary melanoma where they have already had one or more primary melanomas
- Sentinel node metastasis risk calculator: predicts the risk that a patient's primary melanoma has spread to nearby lymph nodes
These calculators are designed to help inform clinician/patient discussions about prevention and early detection of melanoma and ensure tailored skin surveillance programmes are implemented according to specific patient risk.