Usually: Trained derms generally don't miss melanomas.
Answered 11/4/2012
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Borderline lesions+: Sometimes some are so benign looking naevi it's possible to miss diagnosis .After biopsy pathological exmn especially small lesions may be reported as negative for malignancy . Despite removal a nevus/mole suspected for malignancy , with reasonable cleara.Margin during biopsy may recur at the same place or can present in another skin area as metastases or lymphnodes close to primary after years.
Answered 3/26/2013
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Part of training: A big part of a dermatologist's training is the visual recognition of skin conditions including melanoma. Anybody can miss things but dermatologists as a group are less likely to miss skin cancers than other doctors.
Answered 4/1/2019
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Possible: A well trained dermatologist is able to detect lesions that are suspicious for melanoma.
Answered 4/3/2013
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