High-Risk Clinic for Melanoma Surveillance Is Scalable
A structured surveillance program for high-risk melanoma patients can be scaled and successfully replicated even in a primary care skin cancer clinic.
A structured surveillance program for high-risk melanoma patients can be scaled and successfully replicated even in a primary care skin cancer clinic.
A team of international researchers sought to confirm a “dual pathway hypothesis” for the development of melanoma.
Patients may neglect their skin health when the weather gets cold, but they remain at risk of damaging their skin and developing cancer in the winter, too. What winter-specific risk factors can clinicians discuss with patients?
A 37-year-old woman seeks treatment for keratosis pilaris on her arms and shoulders when a clinician discovers a deeply pigmented lesion on her upper back.
Among people with skin of color, ultraviolet light exposure may not be an important risk factor for melanoma.
New tools examine the rate of mutation accumulation in melanoma, and the effect of sex and age on tumor development.
Right-sided flank pain has been present for several months and occurs when standing, bending, and lifting—pain only improves when laying down.
The clinical presentation of melanoma varies between patients, stage of diagnosis, subtype, and may initially present the same as any other pigmented macule or patch on the skin.
A strong influence of progestogens used before menopause on melanoma risk was not supported by novel study results, nor do they support a phototoxic effect of progestogens in melanoma risk.
From 2006 to 2015, melanoma rates increased among adults ≥40 years, decreased in younger populations.