Weighted Glasgow 7-Point Checklist (Melanoma)

Weighted Glasgow 7-point checklist (MacKie 1990): major features (change in size, shape, color) score 2 points each and minor features (diameter ≥ 7 mm, inflammation, oozing, altered sensation) 1 point each.

Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.

Example

Change in size
Yes
Change in shape
No
Change in color
Yes
Diameter ≥ 7 mm
No
Inflammation
No
Oozing / crusting
No
Change in sensation
No

Result: Weighted Glasgow 7-point checklist 4 — refer (>= 3): suspicious pigmented lesion.

The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.

What the result means

< 3
Below the referral threshold.
>= 3
Refer for a suspicious pigmented lesion. Major features 2 points each, minor 1 point each. A screening checklist, not a diagnosis.

What you enter

  • Change in size (major, 2)
  • Change in shape (major, 2)
  • Change in color (major, 2)
  • Diameter ≥ 7 mm (minor, 1)
  • Inflammation (minor, 1)
  • Oozing / crusting (minor, 1)
  • Change in sensation (minor, 1)
How this is calculated

MacKie RM. Clinical recognition of early invasive malignant melanoma. BMJ. 1990;301(6759):1005-1006. Weighting: major features 2 points, minor features 1 point (Walter FM, et al. BMJ. 2013;345:e6970). Read the source ↗

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Built by Clay Good. Source on GitHub.