Session co-chair Dr. Fernando Stengel, chief of dermatology at the Clinicas Hospital in Buenos Aires, commented that Dr. Shore's experience seems unusual in that he didn't encounter any of the feared nodular melanomas that are so fast growing they've defied efforts to improve outcome through early detection.
Dr. Shore replied that some of the early melanomas detected in his series showed nodular-like histology. This leads him to suspect that “we basically catch them before they evolve into rapidly expanding lesions.”
Disclosures: Dr. Shore said that he has no financial interests relevant to his study.
'It is now possible to protect patients at increased risk or at high risk of melanoma with extraordinary efficacy.'
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