A longitudinal dataset of tile and corresponding dermoscopic images with metadata for identifying skin cancers

The dataset includes tile images extracted from 3D-TBP images for 250,162 skin lesions over the study period, with an average of 521 skin lesions per participant. Dermoscopic images are available for 9,389 of these lesions, corresponding to an average of 20 lesions with dermoscopic imaging per participant. Additionally, longitudinal dermoscopic images are available for 7,038 of these lesions, totalling 35,909 dermoscopic images in the dataset. Histopathologic results are provided for 1,267 of these lesions, including 30 melanomas, 80 basal cell carcinomas, and 48 squamous cell carcinomas. Lesions without histopathology results can be considered benign as clinically they were not identified as needing further examination or excision. Metadata for this dataset includes anatomical location of lesions and participant’s characteristics including age group, gender, eye colour, hair colour, skin colour, freckling score, sun exposure, sunburn history, ancestry, number of naevi, skin cancer history, and family history of melanoma.