In the blog category “Case Studies” Professor David Wilkinson offers an excellent platform to discuss clinical problems and cases within a closed alumni community. This area is password-protected and only accessible to past HealthCert Certificate course participants.

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This week, we present another case from Dr Tim Aung, which features a 60 year-old male patient with an ugly duckling identified during skin check. What is your assessment of the clinical and dermoscopic images What would you do next? Why?

In this week’s case from Dr Tim Aung, a patient presented for a skin check: 50 year-old male Ugly duckling identified What is your assessment of the clinical and dermoscopic images, and what would you do next? Why?

Our case study this week comes from Dr Dave Stewart and features a 9 year-old child with a long standing mole that has been changing and growing, according to their parents. What is your assessment of the dermoscopy image, and what would you do next? Why?

In this webinar, Paul Elmslie, Founder and CEO of National Skin Cancer Centres and HealthCert, offers guidance on exit strategies for skin cancer practice owners. If you are considering your future and how to best manage your work, take this opportunity to learn about your options beyond practice ownership.

In this month’s skin cancer update video, Professor Giuseppe Argenziano talks about the criteria for sentinel node biopsies in melanoma patients. Using real patient case examples, he gives practical advice for how best to assess these patients to optimise their outcomes while avoiding unnecessary procedures.

In this week’s case from Dr David Stewart, we present a 41-year old female with a painless lesion on her ear. Please review the below clinical and dermoscopic images. • What is your preferred and differential diagnoses? • How would you biopsy?

Two treatments for advanced melanoma have had their PBS listings adjusted to include more patients.

This week, we have a case from Dr Sivateja Mukkamala featuring an 85-year-old male who presented for a skin lesion check on his leg. During the same consultation a full check was performed, which identified a suspicious pigmented lesion on the back that he was previously unaware of. Here is the dermoscopy picture – what […]

New research suggests that the success of immunotherapy for melanoma can be predicted before treatment begins. A common issue with immunotherapies is that a drug that works well in many patients may have little effect in other patients with the same cancer type. But researchers have now identified new markers that can help predict which […]

This week, we present a dermoscopy only case from Dr Shiran Fernando. It features a 48-year-old male with actinic facial skin damage, who noticed that his PSL had darkened in the past 6 months. Please describe what you see, provide a differential diagnosis, and method of biopsy, if you would biopsy.