Mobile devices equipped with cameras can effectively enable patients to monitor atypical nevi and send images to their healthcare providers, according to an article published online January 28 in JAMA ...

DENVER — Re-excision of atypical nevi with microscopic margins on initial biopsy, currently a fairly common practice, might be unnecessary in mild or moderate cases, according to a retrospective ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients undergoing melanoma screening and surveillance should also undergo a screening of the perianal area for ...

The retrospective analysis done by Dr. Susan Swetter’s group looked at the important question of what is the risk of developing melanoma in patients who underwent excisional biopsy with positive ...

Melanocytes describe a specialized type of cell that generates a substance called melanin, a pigment responsible for skin and eye color. When several melanocytes cluster together, they form a benign, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Most patients with melanoma commonly had few nevi and no atypical nevi, according to recent study results.

A representative tissue block was selected from each case for genomic copy number analysis. Ten-micron sections were cut, and the lesional tissue was either macro- or microdissected from the normal ...

Most patients with melanoma had few moles and no atypical moles, and in patients younger than 60, thick melanomas were more commonly found in those with fewer moles but more atypical moles, according ...

U.S. pediatric melanoma rates on the rise What are the standard follow-up recommendations for different levels of dysplasias? Different dermatopathologists report dysplastic nevi with different ...

Melanocytic nevi are a category of benign melanocytic proliferations with a number of subtypes. These include congenital melanocytic nevi, blue nevi, acquired melanocytic nevi, and Spitz nevi. Many of ...