Hot Topics in Skin Cancer

In this video, Vernon Sondak, MD, chair of the Cutaneous Oncology Department at the Moffitt Cancer Center and Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Distinguished Endowed Chair in Cutaneous Oncology, discusses:

• the need for early diagnosis and improved screening;
• the vital role of the dermatologist in treating patients with skin cancer;
• the difficulty in diagnosing melanoma in children when compared with adults; and
• research into ways to improve diagnosis, including closer genetic examination to predict which patients will fare well with specific treatments.