A skin cancer survivor has spoken of breaking down in hospital after being told he had Stage 2 melanoma at Altnagelvin in ...

In 1992, the technique of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB ... trial comparing wide local excision (WLE) and SLNB with WLE and observation in the treatment of melanoma. Many other areas of ...

For patients without clinically apparent nodal disease, sentinel lymph node biopsy ... melanoma remains controversial. Accuracy of SLNB may be compromised in patients with prior wide local excision.

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is a heterogeneous malignant neoplasm and can cause great morbidity as most occur in highly visible areas ...

After having a few moles removed, I was surprised by how long the scars took to heal. Here's what I learned about ...

Researchers utilized specialized genomic technology at the University of Calgary to enhance our understanding of Marjolin’s ulcer (MU), a rare, highly aggressive skin cancer that affects chronic ...

Therefore, a doctor may consider a skin biopsy medically necessary if they ... necessary to diagnose or treat a condition such as skin cancer. Even if Medicare does not cover mole removal, a ...

The melanoma was treated with wide-margin surgical resection (pT4b, 21 mitoses/high power field, 8 mm depth), followed by sentinel lymph node biopsy, which was negative. However, surveillance CT scan ...

Sentinel lymph node biopsy ... The melanoma-specific mortality rate was 0.9%. The study’s limitations include its retrospective nature, modest median follow-up duration, and a lack of institutional ...

Simple excision is done by injecting a local anesthetic and then ... Bagaria SP, Faries MB, Morton DL. Sentinel node biopsy in melanoma: technical considerations of the procedure as performed at the ...