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ArticleDermatology practical & conceptual2023

Overdiagnosis in Melanoma Screening: Is It a Real Problem?

Brigid Betz-Stablein, H Peter Soyer

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Article in Dermatology practical & conceptual, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. In situ and localized primary invasive pregnancy-associated melanoma: Maternal and perinatal outcomes.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2026
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  2. A Clinical Perspective on Melanoma Overdiagnosis.The Australasian journal of dermatology · 2025
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  7. How to Combat Over, diagnosis of Melanoma.Dermatology practical & conceptual · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Brigid Betz-StableinFrazer Institute, The University of Queensland, Dermatology Research Centre, Brisbane, Australia.
H Peter SoyerFrazer Institute, The University of Queensland, Dermatology Research Centre, Brisbane, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Identifiers

PMID37992381
PMCPMC10656178

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