One of the most ubiquitous diagnostic tests performed in dermatology, the skin biopsy is the standard for the diagnosis of skin cancer. However, given an imbalance between the number of dermatologists ...

The use of a noninvasive pigmented lesion assay significantly improved biopsy specifity, which may allow dermatologists to miss fewer melanomas while reducing the number of benign lesions biopsied, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Dermatologists performed the fewest number of biopsies to diagnose one skin cancer compared with other types of ...

A small handheld device called a dermatoscope is effective at detecting cancer. Could an extra 72 seconds in a routine skin exam help detect skin cancer? This month a group of experts from the United ...

In our September 2017 issue, we published a special report about "dermatology deserts," or areas where it's impossible for women to see a dermatologist in a timely manner—even if they suspect they may ...

Physician assistants (PAs) consistently needed more biopsies compared with dermatologists to diagnose a single case of melanoma or any skin cancer, carrying implications for healthcare costs and ...

BOSTON ― Among dermatology residents and attending dermatologists, rates of diagnostic accuracy and appropriate biopsy recommendations were significantly lower for patients with skin of color compared ...

Employment of a dermatology specialist within a public health care system that previously lacked a local dermatologist generated quality improvements in KS care. Retrospective review identified ...

There are 5.4 million new cases of skin cancer in the United States 2 every year. One in five Americans will be diagnosed with a cutaneous malignancy in their lifetime. Although melanomas represent ...

LA JOLLA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DermTech, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMTK) (“DermTech”), a leader in precision dermatology enabled by a non-invasive skin genomics platform, announced today that SKIN: The ...

SEATTLE — With increasing survival rates after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in children, dermatologists may be seeing more skin conditions associated with HSCT, including ...