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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In this week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr Terry Harvey, we look at the case of a 72-year-old male patient who presented for a routine full-body skin cancer check.

This week’s case discussion, submitted by Prof David Wilkinson, features an elderly male patient in his mid-70s who has multiple co-morbidities and a proven nodular BCC on his left mid shin. He has quite good skin but questionable blood supply and no distal pulses.

This week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr Terry Harvey, features a 65-year-old man who came for a routine skin check with no specific concerns or history of skin cancer. 65-year-old male No history of skin cancer

In this first part of a four-part series, Prof Giuseppe Argenziano discusses the way in which a second opinion by an experienced dermatopathologist can significantly improve the clinical management of patients with melanoma.

This week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr Mazharul Islam, features a 60-year-old lady who presents with concern about a black spot on her right cheek which she believes is recent (approximately two weeks). 60-year-old female New black spot

This week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr Mazharul Islam, features a 65-year-old female patient with no significant history. This pink lesion is noted and photographed at a 3-month interval. 65-year-old female patient Pink lesion noted 3-month interval

This week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr David Stewart, features a 51-year-old male patient who presents for his routine skin check. This pigmented skin lesion is noted. 51-year-old male Pigmented lesion

If you see patients with skin cancer concerns, you might spend a lot of time communicating with pathologists to reach a diagnosis for your patients. In this short video, Prof David Wilkinson provides his top tips for effectively communicating with pathologists to achieve faster and more accurate results.

This week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr Mazharul Islam, features a 50-year-old female patient whose mother recently died from melanoma. This pink lesion is noted on her skin check. 50-year-old female patient Family history of melanoma Pink lesion noted

This month’s research article is about sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), and is in the form of a viewpoint from two clinicians at the centre of excellence that is Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.