Fig. 1: Workflow of the study, representative examples of dermatoscopic images of patients with melanoma and melanoma stage transitions.

a. Workflow of the study. Figure 1b–e denotes dermatoscopic images of primary tumor of patients with melanoma who shared similar prognostic characteristics according to current AJCC classification and there were correctly classified by model 1 [b: Breslow thickness (BT): 0.8 mm without ulceration correctly classified as non-metastatic, c: BT: 0.8 mm without ulceration correctly classified as metastatic, d: BT:2.0 mm without ulceration correctly classified as non-metastatic, e: BT: 2.0 mm with ulceration correctly classified as metastatic). Figure f represents melanoma stage transitions at diagnosis and during follow-up. Source data are provided as a Source Data file. (OR: Odds Ratio, HR: Hazard Ratio, RFS: Recurrence-free survival, DMFS: Distant metastasis-free survival).