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ReviewJournal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG2025

Non-invasive infrared thermography for screening, diagnosis and monitoring of skin cancer.

Dorothea Kesztyüs, Horim Bae, Carolyn Wilson, Michael P Schön, Tibor Kesztyüs

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Review in Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. Infrared thermography in clinical practice: a literature review.European journal of medical research · 2025
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  6. Non-invasive infrared thermography for screening, diagnosis and monitoring of skin cancer.Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Dorothea KesztyüsDepartment of Medical Informatics, Medical Data Integration Center, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2166-846X
Horim BaeDepartment of Medical Informatics, Medical Data Integration Center, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Carolyn WilsonDepartment of Medical Informatics, Medical Data Integration Center, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Michael P SchönDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology, and Allergology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0698-4130
Tibor KesztyüsDepartment of Medical Informatics, Medical Data Integration Center, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The incidence of skin cancer is rising continuously. The time of diagnosis is decisive for the morbidity and mortality risk of patients. An optimal screening procedure has yet to be established. Non-contact imaging methods are of great interest but have not yet been sufficiently developed and investigated for large-scale use. Compared to digital photography, infrared thermography offers the additional information of heat radiation from the skin surface, which correlates strongly with malignant changes. Literature on the current scientific status of screening, diagnosis and monitoring of skin cancer using thermographic procedures was identified in PubMed, Embase, and Google Scholar. From a technical and information technology point of view, infrared thermography is very well suited for use as a non-invasive, cost-effective, time-saving, and easy-to-use screening instrument. However, there is still a lack of reliable evidence and practical implementation in 3D systems suitable for mass use. Research in this area should be intensified in order to develop, test and establish applicable systems on a large scale.

Indexed as

Infrared RaysSkin NeoplasmsThermographyEarly Detection of CancerHumansMass ScreeningBody surface areaDiagnostic imagingInvestigative techniquesReviewSkin neoplasmsThermometry

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PMID39632452
PMCPMC11711949

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