Open AccessThe development of guidelines for the early recognition of foot melanoma for Podiatrists
Author(s) -
Bristow Ivan,
Berker David
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of foot and ankle research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.763
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1757-1146
DOI - 10.1186/1757-1146-3-s1-o5
Subject(s) - podiatrist , medicine , foot (prosody) , podiatry , rehabilitation , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , medical physics , alternative medicine , pathology , complication , philosophy , linguistics
The incidence of malignant melanoma (MM) continues to rise in the UK and Europe. Despite being a common form of skin cancer it is responsible for the majority of skin cancer related deaths. Around 3-15% of all cutaneous MM arise on the foot. However, lesions arising on the foot hold a poorer prognosis than melanoma elsewhere due to frequent misdiagnosis and late presentation. Initiatives to raise practitioner awareness to the problem would hopefully facilitate earlier referral and diagnosis.