Small skin cancer picked up on a routine check

By contrast with the last case I posted, here is one of the 4 small non-melanoma skin cancers I picked up in a single clinic recently, doing check …

Small skin cancer picked up on a routine check

Some good points here. In Military Primary Care, we perhaps don’t see as much but melanoma is probably the commonest cancers we do see. I also see a younger population with tours of Iraq and Afghanistan under their belt with sun damaged skin. Dermoscopy in DPHC is a skill worth considering. You will use it far more than POCUS so maintaining competency shouldn’t be an issue.

Thanks to Stephen once again.

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