September 26, 2012 — Teaching medical students dermoscopy to diagnosis skin cancer appears to promote skin cancer awareness in future physicians. The ability of students to diagnose cutaneous lesions ...

Dermoscopy is a relatively inexpensive and readily available tool that can improve outcomes and quality of life for patients who need surgical excision of nonmelanoma skin cancers, the authors found.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Dermoscopy allows for thorough observation of morphologic features not visible to the naked eye in melanoma ...

Dermoscopy Tutorial Helps Med Students Detect Skin Cancer The ability of medical students to diagnose skin cancer improved after a dermoscopy tutorial.

The accuracy of skin cancer diagnosis varied by lesion type, physician specialty and experience, and examination method, with the greatest accuracy observed for dermatologists using dermoscopy, ...

In this new study, investigators searched for potential predictors of melanoma thickness, with implications for treatment decisions regarding biopsy and excision margins. “Melanoma thickness is a ...

Immediate or Deferred Androgen Deprivation for Patients With Prostate Cancer Not Suitable for Local Treatment With Curative Intent: European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) ...

A 72-year-old woman was referred to our dermatology clinic with a 6-month history of severe diffuse pruritus. Examination with a hand-held epiluminescent stereomicroscope (dermoscope) (Figure 1) ...

Doctors can diagnose some skin problems by how they look. For other problems, they will use skin tests. Your doctor will first examine you and ask about your medical history. They may check to see if ...

Immediate or Deferred Androgen Deprivation for Patients With Prostate Cancer Not Suitable for Local Treatment With Curative Intent: European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) ...