Key clinical point: Patients with a history of localized melanoma are willing to use teledermoscopy to assist them in self-exams, but most still preferred to rely primarily on regularly scheduled physician exams.

Major finding: Most patients said they lacked competence to do skin self-examination correctly, and doubted that routine self-exams would detect any concerns.

Study details: A qualitative interview study of 37 patients in Sydney with a history of localized melanoma.

Disclosures: The study was supported by a grant from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). One author reported receiving salary support from an Australian NHMRC fellowship; another received fellowships from the NHMRC and Cancer Institute New South Wales. An additional author received scholarships and awards from the University of Sydney and the Sydney Catalyst Translational Cancer Research Centre.