The Melanoma Toolkit for Early Detection Improves Accuracy but Fails to Improve the Number Needed to Biopsy

Justin Ng; Kyra Diehl; Tracy Petrie; Tayler Tobey; Elizabeth Stoos; Emile Latour; Joanna Ludzik; Victoria E. Orfaly; Jacob Nelson; Jordan Gillespie; Emilie A. Foltz; Elizabeth G. Berry; Alex Verdieck; Clara N. Curiel-Lewandrowski; Kelly C. Nelson; Emily H. Smith; Susan M. Swetter; Sancy A. Leachman

doi:10.1016/j.jid.2025.06.1589

The Melanoma Toolkit for Early Detection Improves Accuracy but Fails to Improve the Number Needed to Biopsy

Justin Ng
, Kyra Diehl
, Tracy Petrie
, Tayler Tobey
, Elizabeth Stoos
, Emile Latour
, Joanna Ludzik
, Victoria E. Orfaly
, Jacob Nelson
, Jordan Gillespie
, Emilie A. Foltz
, Elizabeth G. Berry
, Alex Verdieck
, Clara N. Curiel-Lewandrowski
, Kelly C. Nelson
, Emily H. Smith
, Susan M. Swetter
, Sancy A. Leachman

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	277-279
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Volume	146
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2025.06.1589
State	Published - Jan 2026
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Melanoma
NNB
Primary care
Primary care clinician
Skin cancer

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Dermatology
Cell Biology

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Ng, J., Diehl, K., Petrie, T., Tobey, T., Stoos, E., Latour, E., Ludzik, J., Orfaly, V. E., Nelson, J., Gillespie, J., Foltz, E. A., Berry, E. G., Verdieck, A., Curiel-Lewandrowski, C. N., Nelson, K. C., Smith, E. H., Swetter, S. M., & Leachman, S. A. (2026). The Melanoma Toolkit for Early Detection Improves Accuracy but Fails to Improve the Number Needed to Biopsy. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 146(1), 277-279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2025.06.1589

Ng, J, Diehl, K, Petrie, T, Tobey, T, Stoos, E, Latour, E, Ludzik, J, Orfaly, VE, Nelson, J, Gillespie, J, Foltz, EA, Berry, EG, Verdieck, A, Curiel-Lewandrowski, CN, Nelson, KC, Smith, EH, Swetter, SM & Leachman, SA 2026, 'The Melanoma Toolkit for Early Detection Improves Accuracy but Fails to Improve the Number Needed to Biopsy', Journal of Investigative Dermatology, vol. 146, no. 1, pp. 277-279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2025.06.1589

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