Open AccessMalignant melanoma in the 1990s: The continued importance of earlydetection and the role of physician examination and self‐examination of theskin
Author(s) -
Friedman R. J.,
Rigel D. S.,
Silverman M. K.,
Kopf A. W.,
Vossaert K. A.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/canjclin.41.4.201
Subject(s) - melanoma , medicine , skin cancer , physical examination , dermatology , cancer , intensive care medicine , surgery , cancer research
Despite the exciting new techniques being developed to help diagnoseearly malignant melanoma, the current standard of care remains periodicexamination of the skin. The combination of routine physician examinationcoupled with self‐examination of the skin provides an opportunity for theidentification of early malignant melanoma. Removal of such thin lesionscan significantly reduce the ever‐increasing mortality rate from thispotentially serious form of cutaneous cancer.