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Article

Accessing Mole-Scanning through Community Pharmacy: A Pilot Service in Collaboration with Dermatology Specialists

by
Charlotte L. Kirkdale
1,*,
Zoe Archer
2,
Tracey Thornley
1,3,
David Wright
4,
Mette Valeur
2,
Nicola Gourlay
1 and
Kurt Ayerst
2
1
Boots UK, Thane Road, Nottingham NG90 1BS, UK
2
ScreenCancer UK Ltd., Innovation Centre, Maidstone Road, Chatham, Kent ME5 9FD, UK
3
School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
4
School of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Pharmacy 2020, 8(4), 231; https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy8040231
Submission received: 28 October 2020 / Revised: 20 November 2020 / Accepted: 27 November 2020 / Published: 3 December 2020
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Abstract

Early identification and treatment of malignant melanoma is crucial to prevent mortality. The aim of this work was to describe the uptake, profile of users and service outcomes of a mole scanning service in the community pharmacy setting in the UK. In addition, health care costs saved from the perspective of general practice were estimated. The service allowed patients to have concerning skin lesions scanned with a dermatoscopy device which were analyzed remotely by clinical dermatology specialists in order to provide recommendations for the patient. Patients were followed up to ascertain the clinical outcome. Data were analyzed for 6355 patients and 9881 scans across 50 community pharmacies. The majority of the scans required no further follow-up (n = 8763, 88.7%). Diagnosis was confirmed for 70.4% (n = 757/1118) of scans where patients were recommended to seek further medical attention. Of these, 44.3% were ultimately defined as normal (n = 335) and 6.2% as malignant melanoma (n = 47/757). An estimated 0.7% of scans taken as part of the service led to a confirmed diagnosis of malignant melanoma. This service evaluation has shown that a mole scanning service available within community pharmacies is effective at triaging patients and ultimately playing a part in identifying diagnoses of malignant melanoma.
Keywords: mole; pharmacy; melanoma; scanning; dermatoscopy mole; pharmacy; melanoma; scanning; dermatoscopy

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Kirkdale, C.L.; Archer, Z.; Thornley, T.; Wright, D.; Valeur, M.; Gourlay, N.; Ayerst, K. Accessing Mole-Scanning through Community Pharmacy: A Pilot Service in Collaboration with Dermatology Specialists. Pharmacy 2020, 8, 231. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy8040231

AMA Style

Kirkdale CL, Archer Z, Thornley T, Wright D, Valeur M, Gourlay N, Ayerst K. Accessing Mole-Scanning through Community Pharmacy: A Pilot Service in Collaboration with Dermatology Specialists. Pharmacy. 2020; 8(4):231. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy8040231

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Kirkdale, Charlotte L., Zoe Archer, Tracey Thornley, David Wright, Mette Valeur, Nicola Gourlay, and Kurt Ayerst. 2020. "Accessing Mole-Scanning through Community Pharmacy: A Pilot Service in Collaboration with Dermatology Specialists" Pharmacy 8, no. 4: 231. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy8040231

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Kirkdale, C. L., Archer, Z., Thornley, T., Wright, D., Valeur, M., Gourlay, N., & Ayerst, K. (2020). Accessing Mole-Scanning through Community Pharmacy: A Pilot Service in Collaboration with Dermatology Specialists. Pharmacy, 8(4), 231. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy8040231

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