Genital melanoma: are we adequately screening our patients?
Full-body skin exams (FBSE) play an integral role inearly detection and treatment of skin cancer. Promptdetection of melanoma is especially importantas survival outcomes decrease significantly withpresentation of advanced disease. Given thatmelanoma may grow in areas of skin with little to nosun exposure, genital melanomas are a recognizedentity in cutaneous oncology.
Joseph
J
Zikry
UC Irvine Medical Center, Department of Dermatology, Irvine, California. lchapman@uci.edu.
Lance W
LW
Chapman
Dorota Z
DZ
Korta
Janellen
J
Smith
D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010808:Physical Examination; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology