Description

Skin cancers are the most common malignancy in the Western world and in Australia, with rates rising faster than any other cancer. This new comprehensively illustrated title from the successful ABC series provides a concise, essential, and practical overview of skin cancers and pre-cancerous lesions.

Authored by experts in the field, it features chapters dedicated to the three major skin cancers – melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma – along with their differential diagnosis. Special emphasis is placed on diagnostic pitfalls, enabling physicians to stratify benign and malignant skin lesions with greater confidence.

The book outlines management based on best practices in primary health care, while also covering the Australian perspective on this group of cancers. Other areas included are prevention, surgical and non-surgical treatments, and rare forms of skin cancer.

The ABC Skin Cancer will serve as a valuable resource for a wide readership, including general practitioners, surgical residents and dermatologists, clinical practice nurses, specialized nurses, and medical students. Each book in the ABC series follows the same structure, using a problem-based approach with presentation of specific cases and systematic guidance for the reader regarding the synthesis of the provided information.

The multi-volume ABC series, covering a broad medical subject matter as well as issues of general interest, has become globally recognized as one of the essential tools for daily clinical practice, gaining the trust of students and physicians in every specialty.

Contents

Contributors, vii
Foreword, ix
Foreword of the Greek edition, xi
1. Epidemiology, etiology, and prevention of melanoma, 1
2. Epidemiology, etiology, and prevention of non-melanocytic skin cancers, 6
3. The role of primary health care in managing skin cancer, 10
4. Pre-cancerous skin lesions, 15
5. Squamous cell carcinoma, 21
6. Basal cell carcinoma, 25
7. Differential diagnosis of non-melanocytic skin cancers, 30
8. Benign pigmented lesions, 36
9. Melanoma – clinical presentation and diagnosis, 42
10. Melanoma – management and prognosis, 47
11. Surgical management of skin cancer, 52
12. Non-surgical management of skin cancer, 56
13. Skin cancer – the case of Australia, 60
14. Cutaneous metastases and rare skin cancers, 64
Index, 66