title: Skin cancer in elderly patients.
abstract: The role of the dermatologist who provides care to the geriatric patient assumes the care for the integument system. The ability to diagnose and treat cancerous lesions effectively with special care given to the needs of the geriatric patient is considered indispensable. The clinician should accept the responsibility of skin cancers and obtain biopsies with empathy and care.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology and Skin Cancer Centers of Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dewberry
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Norman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*