Cutaneous melanoma is a public health issue and the head and neck region is of particular
interest, despite accounting for only 9.0% of the total body surface, it harbours 20% of …

Background Skin cancers are the most common malignancies in the United States. Total
body skin examination by a physician, especially a dermatologist, is the gold standard for …

A 74 year old white man with fair skin that burns and tans easily has a pigmented lesion on
the upper back that his partner noticed three months ago. It is slowly enlarging. The man is …

Background Scalp melanomas are usually thicker and show worse prognosis than other
sites and other head and neck melanomas. One hypothesis to explain this aggressive …

Melanoma, a skin cancer resulting from the malignant transformation of melanocytes, often
occurs on the head and neck due to frequent sunlight exposure, which accounts for …

Melanoma constitutes one of the most sinister and troublesome malignancies encountered
by humanity. Generally, the diagnosis of advanced melanoma connotes a grave prognosis …

Background: Melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer are significant causes of mortality.
Previous studies regarding skin cancer education in nonmedical professionals have shown …

While the incidence of melanoma in people of color is low, when melanoma is diagnosed, it
is often at later stages, resulting in the likelihood of death when compared to non-Hispanic …

Gun injuries are a social and public health phenomenon that has profound consequences
on victims, their social network, and neighborhood. Deaths resulting from gun violence …

Weekly 28 (12.2) Monthly 23 (10.0) Yearly 14 (6.1) Rarely or never 90 (39.3) Missing 2 (0.9)
Reason for not checking for skin lesions y I don't have time. 12 (9.3) I lack proper training. 47 …