About 5% of patients with a thin cutaneous melanoma (1 mm thickness or less) harbor occult nodal metastases, and in these patients, sentinal lymph node biopsy (SLNB) may reveal important prognostic information, physicians report in the September Archives of Surgery. Reuters Health Information
The 3rd edition of Pathology of the Skin is an invaluable reference for its degree of clinical correlation provided for each of the diseases discussed and its many high-quality clinical illustrations. American Journal of Clinical Pathology
Complete skin examination with dermoscopy takes longer to conduct vs complete skin examination alone in skin cancer screening, but clinicians should consider screening using either method. Medscape Medical News
A study suggests that watchful waiting regarding risk for cervical cancer may be an option for women with normal cytologic and initial positive human papillomavirus results. Medscape Medical News
This review focuses on the use of herbal drugs for the treatment of acne vulgaris that have been found to be very safe and effective. Expert Review of Dermatology
