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Table 5 Frequency of presumptive diagnoses made by Dermatology Nurse Practitioner

From: Achieving integrated self-directed Cancer aftercare (ASICA) for melanoma: how a digital intervention to support total skin self-examination was used by people treated for cutaneous melanoma

Diagnosis

N (%)

Angioma

3 (1.6)

Angioma/Seborrhoeic Keratosis

1 (0.5)

Benign - Excoriated Papule

1 (0.5)

Benign - Insect Bite

1 (0.5)

Benign - Melanocytic Naevus

1 (0.5)

Benign - Trauma

1 (0.5)

Benign (non-specific)

61 (32.3)

Benign Naevus

6 (3.2)

Benign Naevus/Giant Comedone

2 (1.1)

Benign Naevus/Seborrhoeic Wart

1 (0.5)

Benign Nail Change

1 (0.5)

Benign Papilloma

1 (0.5)

Benign Papule (resolved)

1 (0.5)

Benign wart

3 (1.6)

Blister

1 (0.5)

Campbell De Morgan spot

1 (0.5)

Change in WLE scar (proved benign)

1 (0.5)

Concerning (Clinical Input Needed)

1 (0.5)

Concerning (non-specific)

1 (0.5)

Concerning Naevus

2 (1.1)

Concerning Naevus Between Toes

1 (0.5)

Dermal Naevus

2 (1.1)

Dermatitis

2 (1.1)

Dermatofibroma

1 (0.5)

Dry skin

5 (2.6)

Dry Skin (Chronic Venous Insufficiency)

2 (1.1)

Fungal Nail Infection (Not Relevant)

1 (0.5)

Local Inflammation

1 (0.5)

Meibomian Cyst

1 (0.5)

Nail Pigmentation

1 (0.5)

Nail Pigmentation (Traumatic)

1 (0.5)

None Formed

49 (25.9)

None Formed (had biopsy at clinic)

1 (0.5)

None Formed (resolved)

2 (1.1)

Not Relevant to Study

2 (1.1)

Paryonychia

1 (0.5)

Ruptured Hair Follicle

1 (0.5)

Seborrhoeic Keratosis

19 (10.1)

Shingles

2 (1.1)

WLE Scar

1 (0.5)

WLE Scar (healing)

1 (0.5)

WLE Scar foreign body, infection, recurrence

1 (0.5)

Total

189 (100)