Open AccessReduced melanoma referrals during COVID-19 lockdown
Author(s) -
William L. Berry,
Katrina Tan,
Andrew Haydon,
Mark Shackleton,
Victoria Mar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
australian journal of general practice
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2208-794X
pISSN - 2208-7958
DOI - 10.31128/ajgp-covid-45
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , medical diagnosis , face masks , melanoma diagnosis , face (sociological concept) , melanoma , medicine , teledermatology , dermatology , telemedicine , virology , radiology , cancer research , health care , sociology , political science , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , social science , law
As the COVID-19 pandemic has reduced face-to-face medical consultations, reduced diagnoses of thin melanomas and delayed presentations of thick melanomas were anticipated.