Aussie online melanoma tool could help populations around the world

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National Cancer Institute

An online tool developed in Australia, which helps doctors calculate the probability of a melanoma metastasising and spreading to the lymph nodes, performs consistently across many populations around the world, new data shows. The study tested the tool with data from Denmark, the UK, the US, New Zealand, Sweden, and Brazil to see if it was a valid tool to use outside Australian populations. The authors say these findings should provide users globally with greater confidence when using the tool in day-to-day clinical practice.

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Organisation/s: Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, The Australian National University, NSW Government

Funder: Dr Shannon is supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Investigator Grant (APP1141295). Drs Lo and Scolyer are supported by Melanoma Institute Australia. Support from The Cameron Family Foundation and Melanoma Institute Australia is also gratefully acknowledged. JEG is supported in part by the Michael and Patricia Booker Melanoma Research Endowment; the Dr JohnMSkibber Endowed Professorship; the MD Anderson National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute Specialized Programs of Research Excellence in Melanoma (1 P50 CA221703-01A1) and associated Melanoma, Informatics, Tissue Resource, and Translational Pathology Core; a Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (DoD CDMRP) Team Science Award (CA170374); and the MD Anderson Cancer Center Melanoma Moon Shots Program.

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