In this week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr Robert Teunisse, we look at the second of two suspicious lesions found on an 80-year-old male patient with a past history of melanoma in situ. Continue reading “Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [27 March]” →

This week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr Robert Teunisse, features an 80-year-old male patient with a past history of two melanomas in situ. Continue reading “Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [20 March]” →

This week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr David Stewart, features a 53-year-old female patient who visited Dr Stewart after attending a dermatologist appointment with her son the preceding week. Continue reading “Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [13 March]” →

In this week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr David Stewart, we look at the management of a tricky malignant lesion rather than its diagnosis. Continue reading “Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [6 March]” →

This week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr Renuka Ranasinghe, features a 79-year-old female patient with Type I skin and a history of multiple non-melanoma skin cancers as well as a melanoma on her left eye. Continue reading “Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [27 February]” →

In this week’s discussion, submitted by Dr Renuka Ranasinghe, we look at the challenging case of an 88-year-old lady with Dementia and Parkinson’s Disease who came in for a skin check. She is wheelchair bound, and frequent writhing movements were an issue during examination and treatment (therefore, apologies for the blur in the photos). Continue reading “Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [20 February]” →

Have you considered growing your primary care general practice with skin cancer services? In this short video, Paul Elmslie (Founder & CEO of HealthCert Education and National Skin Cancer Centres) talks about the benefits of upskilling in skin cancer medicine in order to provide skin cancer diagnoses and treatments for your patients. Continue reading “[5 min watch] Growing your practice through skin cancer work” →

This week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr David Stewart, features a 73-year-old male patient with a lesion on his right ear detected during his routine skin cancer check. Continue reading “Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [13 February]” →

How can you differentiate between types of flat facial lesions to ensure you don’t miss a malignancy? In this latest skin cancer update video, Professor Giuseppe Argenziano describes melanoma, solar lentigo and pigmented actinic keratosis on the face, including their clinical and dermoscopic features with real patient examples, and provides his top five tips for recognising these lesions in your practice. Continue reading “[7 min watch] How to diagnose flat facial lesions” →

This week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr Renuka Ranasinghe, features a hospital worker in her late 60s who was sent in for a skin cancer check by her hairdresser who had noticed a benign pigmented seborrhoeic keratosis on the back of the patient’s neck. Continue reading “Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [6 February]” →