1. Patient needs to be ≥18 years of age at inclusion
2. The patient has a suspected primary melanoma where surgery is planned
3. Willingness and ability to provide informed consent
You may not be if
1. The suspected lesion size is too small or too large to fit the white circle in the screen even after zooming in and out at its maximum. The lesion should not be \< 2 mm or \> 20 mm in diameter.
2. As per judgement by the investigator, to exclude when there are factors that may affect the quality of the photo such as when:
1. Lesion with any form of modifications such as tattoos, pen markings, and/or pigments covering or surrounding skin lesions.
2. Lesions located on areas such as genitalia, acral skin (foot sole or palm of the hand), mucosal surfaces (mouth, eye, nose, etc.), psoriasis or similar skin conditions.
3. Lesions masked by an excessive amount of hair, generally found in armpits, scalp, beards or other hairy parts of the body.
4. Lesions that are scarred, non-intact, injured, previously biopsied or undergone surgery. in areas that are not suitable for dermoscopy imaging.
3. Individuals with skin type V and VI according to the Fitzpatrick scale (darker brown or black coloured skin)
4. Patients that do not perform surgery or die before the planned surgery
5. Missing or uninterpretable diagnostic data from the Department of Pathology.
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