title: Update on non-melanoma skin cancer and the value of dermoscopy in its diagnosis and treatment monitoring.
abstract: Dermoscopy has become an integrative part of the clinical examination of skin tumors. This is because it significantly improves the early diagnosis of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) including basal cell carcinoma and keratinocyte skin cancer compared with the unaided eye. Besides its value in the noninvasive diagnosis of skin cancer, dermoscopy has also gained increased interest in the management of NMSC. Dermoscopy has been used in the preoperative evaluation of tumor margins, monitoring of the outcomes of topical treatments and post-treatment follow-up. This article provides an update on NMSC with special emphasis on dermoscopy in the diagnosis and management of basal cell carcinoma, actinic keratosis, Bowens' disease and squamous cell carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Skin Cancer Unit, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Reggio Emilia, Viale Risorgimento 80, 42100 Reggio Emilia, Italy.
authors.forename: Aimilios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lallas
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Argenziano
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zendri
authors.forename: Elvira
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Moscarella
authors.forename: Caterina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Longo
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grenzi
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pellacani
authors.forename: Iris
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zalaudek
mesh_terms: D001913:Bowen's Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D046169:Dermoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D006801:Humans; D055623:Keratosis, Actinic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome