Dermoscopy
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Melanoma skin cancer can be fatal unless caught early, but most skin lesions are harmless. Dermoscopy with training can help with diagnosis. This blog is not a substitute for a medical opinion-if you are worried about a changing or funny looking mole or spot, get it checked by a doctor with suitable skills.
Dermoscopy
2M ago
The ABCD rule (Asymmetry, Border irregular, Colours mixed, Diameter over 6mm) is a useful rule of thumb for evaluating suspicious skin lesions. It is true to say that most melanomas will fail ABCD. However, the rule used alone (without dermoscopy) will miss small, featureless and non-pigmented melanomas, and some of these can be the most ..read more
Dermoscopy
2M ago
This question is easily answered if you are a dermatologist who earns a fee for every skin check you do. EVERYONE! But in a cash-limited, public funded health care system, we need a certain level of evidence before we roll out a universal screening campaign of any kind. And to date the evidence of benefit for ..read more
Dermoscopy
3M ago
Every now and then, we hear of a famous person being diagnosed with skin cancer and lots of articles appear, not always very well informed. It specially gets up my nose that while articles often include descriptions of what to look out for, for example lesions that bleed, break the ABCD rule, etc, we seldom ..read more
Dermoscopy
3M ago
A position statement appeared in a recent Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (JEADV) was recently published. It was a thoughtful and thorough piece of work by the EADV Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI), led by various luminaries of the skin cancer diagnostics world including Professor Harald Kittler, whom regular readers ..read more
Dermoscopy
3M ago
I an glad to announce that there will be a World Day of Dermoscopy run by the International Dermoscopy Society in partnership with various other non-invasive world skin diagnostics bodies on Saturday 11th May. Top world speakers will address a wide range of subjects, and thanks to our sponsors it will be free of charge ..read more
Dermoscopy
3M ago
The death from metastatic melanoma has been reported of 24 year old Gregor Lyn. From the story as widely reported, the bare facts are that he went to see his GP about a lesion on his neck in 2019 but was advised that it did not fit NHS criteria for removal. Clearly the GP did ..read more
Dermoscopy
4M ago
I’m glad to announce a new day course aimed at beginners and improvers in skin lesion diagnostics with an emphasis of dermoscopy as a tool for triage. This is so totally necessary given the huge increase in urgent referrals to skin cancer clinics, most of which turn out to be for harmless skin lesions. OK ..read more
Dermoscopy
5M ago
This item was on today’s BBC radio news. Saving lives by earlier detection through screening was mentioned but it was light on specifics and I heard nothing about skin cancer diagnostics and screening. Skin cancer kills some 3,000 people a year in Britain (compared with, say, cancer of the cervix, for which there is universal ..read more
Dermoscopy
5M ago
I am glad to be able to announce, on behalf of Skin Cancer Symposiums, an International Dermoscopy Masterclass to be delivered by 4 highly regarded world researchers and teachers. The Masterclass is an advanced level refresher and update and comes right after an accredited 2 day dermatoscopy symposium on the previous two days 28 and 29 August at ..read more
Dermoscopy
5M ago
I am glad to be able to announce, on behalf of Skin Cancer Symposiums, an International Dermoscopy Masterclass to be delivered by 4 highly regarded world researchers and teachers. The Masterclass is an advanced level refresher and update and comes right after an accredited 2 day dermatoscopy symposium on the previous two days at the ..read more