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Detection of melanoma by dermatologists linked with earlier tumor stage, higher survival rates

Published in MD Week, May 4th, 2007

Individuals whose melanoma is diagnosed by a dermatologist may be more likely to have early-stage cancer and to survive five years than those with melanoma diagnosed by a non-dermatologist, according to a report in the Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Estimates suggest that melanoma will affect 1 in 52 men and 1 in 77 women in the United States during their lifetimes, according to background information in the article. If melanoma is removed at an early stage, when the tumor is still relatively thin (less than 1 millimeter thick), patients have a 90 percent cure rate. However, metastastic melanoma that has spread to other areas usually...

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Source: MD Week (2007-05-04)

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