melanoma

  Ewan McGregor skin cancer?  2008-04-23, 19:44:45

  2008: Recent lesion biopsy report was short and sweet-recurrent melanoma

Diagnosis: Acrolentigious Melanoma

Questions:
1. How would you classify this patient?
2. What would you recommend for this patient?
3. The patient initially refused amputation. Is there a lesser procedure that might help her now?

Your answers and comments are welcome.">Acrolentiginous Melanoma from Malaysia  2008-03-11, 01:05:00

  Eric Dane has skin cancer?  2008-02-07, 18:14:36

  Medical Personnel Able to Tell Difference Between Melanoma a  2008-01-28, 09:08:42

  ">Now playing at www.skinema.com: The 2007 Skinnies Awards!  2006-12-27, 20:39:33

  Patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with biologics ha  2007-09-09, 21:03:26

  Clinical factors predictive of severe histological dysplasia  2007-10-24, 01:21:00

  1. Turtles move so slowly that you can still capture them while theyâ??re moving slowly along;
2. The birds fly away so quickly that you canâ??t catch them in time;
3. The bears can escape if you ignore them, but if you catch them in time, you can capture them."

This simple but brilliant formula comes from a superb article by Christie Aschwanden on sunscreens and skin cancer that appeared in the July 10, NY Times.

Doctors Balk at Cancer Ad, Citing Lack of Evidence See Permalink.

This is a reasoned piece which quotes the best evidence-based information we have. Please read the article and draw your own conclusions.">Turtles, Birds and Bears  2007-07-10, 12:40:00