The 3rd World Congress of Dermoscopy just got started in Brisbane, Australia!
Here, President Peter Soyer presents iDoc24 as an example of exciting new teledermoscopy apps with Dr. Scott Menzies and Dr. Susana Puig looking on.
The 3rd World Congress of Dermoscopy just got started in Brisbane, Australia!
Here, President Peter Soyer presents iDoc24 as an example of exciting new teledermoscopy apps with Dr. Scott Menzies and Dr. Susana Puig looking on.
H&M’s bikini ads criticized for “selling” tanned skin. One step forward, two steps back in skin cancer prevention…
Can you find Nemo in this anemone-like papillomatous seborrhoeic keratosis? #ilovedermoscopy
Dr. Paul Nghiem and I at Karolinska University Hospital during last week’s #Merkelcellcarcinoma tour around Sweden.
Last week, Swedish dermatologists in Gothenburg, Malmö and Stockholm had the wonderful privilege of meeting Dr. Paul Nghiem. He held three excellent lectures on Merkel Cell Carcinoma which were extremely inspiring. His research is bringing new therapeutic opportunities to patients with this rare but very aggressive skin cancer.
To read more about Dr. Nghiem and Merkel Cell Carcinoma please visit www.pnlab.org and www.merkelcell.org.
On Monday, May 7th, it’s Euromelanoma Day, a pan-European screening campaign for early detection of skin cancer. If you live in Gothenburg and weren’t able to make an appointment at a participating clinic, have your moles checked through teledermoscopy at the pharmacy Apotek Hjärtat on Kungsgatan 35 in Gothenburg. Bring your iPhone!
More info by clicking on the link above (in Swedish).
If you or a family member has a pigmented lesion on your skin that has grown or changed in size or color recently, don’t let it wait. Have it checked by a dermatologist. Extra screening will be carried out throughout Europe this Monday (May 7, 2012) as part of the Euromelanoma Day skin cancer screening campaign. Click on the link above for more details!
My colleagues and I were asked to write an article in the journal “Distriktsläkaren” about our revolutionizing new app that’s going to change how skin cancer patients are referred from primary health care to specialized skin cancer centers. And here is the result (article in Swedish)!
Enjoy!
Dermoscopy quiz #11: Female, 30. Dark spot appearing in preexisting nevus. The diagnosis was… Combined nevus!
Prof. Bengt Westermark from the Swedish Cancer Foundation praises our teledermoscopy project (2:28, in Swedish).