Recent Australian trends indicate that shave biopsies for diagnosing lesions suspicious of melanoma are increasing, yet reasons for this remain relatively unknown. We sought to understand which ...

Given the patient's family history of melanoma, lack of reported injury, and persistence for 1 year, a shave biopsy was performed ... favor thickly keratinized skin. The classic clinical feature ...

A 41-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presents with a solitary nodule on her lower left ankle. The lesion has been growing over the past several months. The patient first ...

Dermatologists evaluate moles based on specific criteria when determining whether removal is appropriate. While some patients seek removal for cosmeti ...

For diverse patient populations who are historically marginalized within health care, student-run clinics may offer a ...

One night in October 2023 I found a piece of rough skin, not a lump ... They did lots of mammograms and an ultrasound, and a biopsy, and that same morning a surgeon told me they had found several ...

Concerned by what had become a gnarled mass, the doctor ordered a biopsy. At 31 years old, Harrison was told he had a rare form of skin cancer. He underwent what he described as a grueling ...

Concerned by what had become a gnarled mass, the doctor ordered a biopsy. At 31 years old, Harrison was told he had a rare form of skin cancer. He underwent what he described as a grueling ...