Questions to ask your doctor: AI Skin Cancer Checks: DermaSensor, DERM and Apps Compared

A printable checklist to take to your appointment. Based on our guide AI Skin Cancer Checks: DermaSensor, DERM and Mole-Checking Apps Compared.

1. Is an AI tool being used on my skin lesion, and what is it approved for?
2. Will a dermatologist or trained clinician check the AI result?
3. Has this tool been tested on people with my skin type?
4. If I am discharged, what changes in the spot should make me come back, and how quickly?
5. Would a biopsy be the right next step instead?

Also worth asking

1. Can an app tell me whether a mole is cancer?
2. Is DermaSensor available directly to patients?
3. Can the NHS discharge me based on AI alone?
4. Does AI work as well on dark skin?

My notes

This checklist is general information, not medical advice. Your doctor knows your situation best.