Skin Cancer Blog

In this month’s skin cancer update video, Professor Giuseppe Argenziano talks about the three possible outcomes that can be reached after you check a lesion: Excise, monitor, or do nothing. In most cases, lesions are either deemed suspicious and excised, or deemed safe and the patient goes home. Giuseppe warns that the other option – monitoring the lesion at follow-up appointments – should be used with caution and in limited cases. He goes through the scenarios in which monitoring the lesion is a good choice and how doctors can go about the follow-up procedure.

Giuseppe also explores cases where monitoring the lesion is a poor choice that could negatively impact patient outcomes.

Watch the full skin cancer update now:

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More skin cancer updates from Prof Giuseppe Argenziano:

• Skin Cancer Update with Prof Giuseppe Argenziano [June 2020]: Congenital naevi part 2
• Skin Cancer Update with Prof Giuseppe Argenziano [May 2020]: Congenital naevi part 1
• Skin Cancer Update with Prof Giuseppe Argenziano [April 2020]: Dermoscopy on the scalp