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ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2017

Pathologists' diagnosis of invasive melanoma and melanocytic proliferations: observer accuracy and reproducibility study.

Joann G Elmore, Raymond L Barnhill, David E Elder, Gary M Longton, Margaret S Pepe, Lisa M Reisch, Patricia A Carney, Linda J Titus, Heidi D Nelson, Tracy Onega and 4 more

Erratum issued 2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · hybridAbstract readMulticenter Study
In one paragraph

Article in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 186 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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186citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
17.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05004792 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Correlation Between Online Case-based Training of Pathologists in Dermoscopic Images and Diagnostic Accuracy in Histopathological Interpretation of Skin Lesions Suspicious of Melanoma

TypeinterventionalSponsorHerlev HospitalRan2026 to 2027Enrolled258ConditionsMelanoma, Pigmented LesionsArmsDermLoop Learn
NCT05712551 completednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Diagnostic Agreement Among Expert Dermatopathologists on Skin Lesions Clinically Suspicious of Melanoma

TypeobservationalSponsorHerlev HospitalRan2023 to 2024Enrolled4ConditionsMelanoma (Skin), Pigmented Lesions
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

186 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 415 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Melanoma Diagnosis in the Mihm Era-And Beyond.Journal of cutaneous pathology · 2026
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126 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.

Joann G ElmoreDepartment of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA jelmore@uw.edu.
Raymond L BarnhillDepartment of Pathology, Institut Curie Institute Hospital, University of Paris Descartes Faculty of Medicine University, Paris, France.
David E ElderDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Gary M LongtonProgram in Biostatistics, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Margaret S PepeProgram in Biostatistics, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Lisa M ReischDepartment of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA.
Patricia A CarneyDepartment of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
Linda J TitusDepartments of Epidemiology and Pediatrics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Heidi D NelsonDepartments of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology and Medicine, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
Tracy OnegaGeisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Anna N A TostesonDepartments of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Martin A WeinstockCenter for Dermatoepidemiology, Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI, USA.
Stevan R KnezevichPathology Associates, Clovis, CA, USA.
Michael W PiepkornDivision of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
University of Washington · USDartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice · USFred Hutch Cancer Center · USOregon Health & Science University · USDartmouth College · USDélégation Paris 5 · FRProvidence VA Medical Center · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Translational Engineering in Cancer (TEC)P30CA023108 · NCI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Steven D Leach · 1985 to 2026
$91.3M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023108
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AdultBiopsyClinical CompetenceCutaneous Malignant MelanomaDiagnosis, DifferentialDiagnostic ErrorsHumansMelanomaMiddle AgedNevus, PigmentedObserver VariationPathology, ClinicalReproducibility of ResultsSkin NeoplasmsUnited States

Identifiers

PMID28659278
PMCPMC5485913
OpenAlexW2732701910

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Registered trials

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