Two patients present with asymptomatic red lesions — a 60-year-old man, whose lesion was present for five years before beginning to bleed, and a 27-year-old man whose lesion doubled in size during a two year period. Can you differentiate between the two?
Counseling moderately increases the use of sun-protective behaviors in 10- to 24-year-old patients who are at high risk for skin cancer.
Teen girls will come up with 100 reasons to use tanning beds. We as health-care providers need to give parents one really big reason to say no.
More young adults, particularly women, are being diagnosed with cutaneous melanoma, but overall and disease-specific survival is improving.
At the insistence of her daughter, a 72-year-old woman sought treatment for a deep nasal ulceration that had perforated the skin and cartilage and exposed her nasal septum. The lesion occasionally bled but otherwise caused minimal symptoms. The patient wore a large bandage whenever she was in public. Years earlier, she had had a nasal…
The FDA has approved vismodegib as the first treatment for basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer.
Highest risk seen for patients with previous diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma
MelaFind, a computer-assisted melanoma-detecting device developed by MELA Sciences, has received FDA pre-market approval (PMA) for use on atypical cutaneous pigmented lesions.
Two patients present with newly developed brown papules. The first patient, a 45-year-old man, presented with a new mole that continues to grow and is associated with occasional pruritus and bleeding. The second patient, a 47-year-old man, presented with a 6-month history of a brown, growing “mole.” Can you differentiate between the two?
When discussing indoor tanning with adolescent patients, appealing to their sense of vanity can go a long way toward dissuading them from engaging in risky behaviors.
