Diagnostic Accuracy of Skin Cancer by Family Physicians

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Figure 1.
Flowchart of study population. Abbreviation: RFE, reasons for encounter.
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Figure 2.
Reasons for encounters (RFE) from patients with skin cancer.

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

Table 3.

Five Most Common Skin Reason for Encounters with Duration^* and Interventions

	Number of Episodes n (%)	Median RFE Duration^{^†}	Range RFE Duration	Patients Referred n (%)	Medication Prescribed n (%)	Excisions/Remove Biopsy/Destruction/Debride n (%)
Rash localized S06	484 (13.0)	2.0	1 hour–20 years	35 (7.2)	259 (53.5)	22 (4.5)
Lump/swelling localized S04	472 (12.7)	8.6	1 hour – 35 years	34 (7.2)	28 (5.9)	121 (25.6)
Pruritus S02	196 (5.3)	2.0	4 hours–5 years	7 (3.6)	126 (64.3)	1 (0.5)
Nevus/mole S82	180 (4.8)	64.6	2 days–48 years	21 (11.7)	3 (1.7)	44 (24.4)
Laceration/cut S18	137 (3.7)	2.0 hours	1 hour–12.9 weeks	3 (0.7)	31 (22.6)	9 (6.6)

RFE, reason for encounters.
↵* RFE duration is the time a health problem has been present at the time of the first family physician consultation.
↵† Median RFE duration is presented in weeks.

Table 4.

Five Most Common Diagnoses with Reason for Encounters Duration and Interventions

	Number of Episodes n (%)	Median RFE Duration	Range RFE Duration	Patients Referred n (%)	Medication Prescribed n (%)	Excisions/RemoveBiopsy/Destruction/Debride n (%)
Dermatophytosis	254 (7.3)	4.3 weeks	1 day–15 years	3 (1.2)	21 (8.3)	3 (1.2)
Contact/allergic dermatitis	226 (6.5)	3 weeks	1 day- 20 years	13 (0.6)	20 (8.8)	0 (0)
Nevus	214 (6.1)	1 year	2 days–48 years	32 (15.0)	2 (0.9)	40 (18.7)
Laceration/cut	151 (4.3)	2 hours	1 hour–90 days	5 (3.3)	3 (2.0)	9 (6.0)
Insect bite/sting	149 (4.3)	2 days	1 hour–30 days	1 (0.7)	22 (14.8)	6 (4.0)