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Early Detection of Melanoma Via Patient and Physician Screening

Publish date: April 4, 2013
By
Laura Korb Ferris, MD, PhD
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Dr. Ferris discusses the early detection of melanoma utilizing patient and physician screening. For more information on skin cancer screening, read Dr. Ferris' article in the February 2013 issue, "Screening for Melanoma in Aging Patients."

 

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