Is melanoma suspected?
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Joann G. Elmore, MD, MPH, on diagnostic accuracy in skin biopsies
Melanoma is the most lethal type of skin cancer, and a new study finds that the diagnosis of a suspect lesion gains accuracy when a specialist pathologist is brought on board.