Teledermatology for skin cancer prevention: an experience on 690 Austrian patients

BACKGROUND: Recent studies investigated the value of teledermatology (TD) as a valid tool for a dermatologist-directed triage systems. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the feasibility of a store-and-forward TD triage system in a large number of patients. METHODS: Previously trained general practitioners selected suspicious skin tumours in the setting of a general preventive medicine screening programme and [...]