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Article History

Received: 15 October 2024

Accepted: 22 April 2025

First Online: 6 June 2025

Competing interests

: Z.G., V.M., H.P.S., M.J. and P.G. are chief investigators for the Australian Centre of Excellence for Melanoma Imaging and Diagnosis (ACEMID), which was established via an Australian Cancer Research Foundation Major Infrastructure Grant, with research activities supported by NHMRC grants (Cohort Study Grant APP2001517, Centre of Research Excellence Grant APP2044753, Synergy Grant APP2009923) and MRFF Targeted Health System and Community Organisation Research Grant (APP1175082). Z.G. is on the scientific advisory board and a consultant for Optain Health. Although Airdoc has philanthropic donation to the AIM for Health Lab, the company was not involved in any aspect of this research. H.P.S. reported equity in e-derm-consult GmbH and MoleMap NZ Limited, consulting fees from Canfield Scientific Inc and a patent (PCT/AU/2013/000394) licensed to Trajan Medical and Scientific via Uniquest, all outside the submitted work. He is also an executive board member of the International Dermoscopy Society and the Australian Melanoma Clinical Outcome Registry. M.J. holds National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) TRIP Fellowships (APP2006551, APP2009923 and APP2034422). P.T. has received speaker fees from AbbVie and unrestricted educational grants from Lilly. He is an executive board member of the International Dermoscopy Society and past president of the Austrian Society of Dermatopathology. S.S., V.T. and A.B.N. are employees of NVIDIA and own Restricted Stocks. H.K. has received speaker fees from Fotofinder, MSD, Novartis and Pelpharma; license fees from Casio; and equipment from Fotofinder, Casio and Heine. He has served as an advisor for Fotofinder, La Roche-Posay and AI Medical Technology, and is a member of the executive board of the International Dermoscopy Society. P.G. has received honoraria from Metaoptima PTY and travel stipend from L’Oreal. V.M. is supported by an NHMRC Investigator Grant (APP2034976). V.M. has received Victorian Medical Research Acceleration Fund support for the SMARTI Trial with matched contribution from MoleMap; speaker fees from Novartis, Bristol Myers Squibb, Merck and Janssen; and conference travel support from L’Oreal and has participated in advisory boards for MSD, L’Oreal and SkylineDx. V.M. is a board member of the Melanoma and Skin Cancer Trials Group and an advisory member for the Melanoma and Skin Cancer Advocacy Network. The other authors declare no competing interests.