Australia has one of the highest skin cancer rates globally, with nearly 19,000 Australians diagnosed with invasive melanoma – the most lethal type of skin cancer – each year.
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Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Is Useful in Presurgical Melanoma Margin Mapping
Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) has a high concordance rate with histopathology for presurgical margin mapping in patients with lentigo maligna (LM) and lentigo maligna melanoma (LMM), according to the results of a study published in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology.
Dermatology Times 2024 In Review: Skin Cancer
As 2024 comes to a close, Dermatology Times is taking a look back at the studies, therapies, and advances in skin cancer this year.
Key Mechanism in Skin Cancer Development Identified
Melanoma arising from pigment-producing cells known as melanocytes is the deadliest form of skin cancer. A major cause of melanoma is excessive exposure to ultraviolet light, from sunlight or other sources, which can trigger mutations that promote tumor formation.