Lost in translation: true clinical impact of reflectance confocal microscopy overlooked in 'Biopsy outperforms reflectance confocal microscopy in diagnosing and subtyping basal cell carcinoma: results and experiences from a randomized controlled multicentre trial'

In 'Biopsy Outperforms Reflectance Confocal Microscopy in Diagnosing and Subtyping Basal Cell Carcinoma: Results and Experiences from a Randomized Controlled Multicentre Trial', the authors found that reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) identifies basal cell carcinoma (BCC) with 99% sensitivity and, impressively, distinguishes superficial BCCs from more aggressive BCCs with 88.9% sensitivity compared to punch biopsy (PB) at 91%, a difference without statistical significance.