When you see your doctor for a skin check or seek care for a lesion that is suspicious for melanoma, the evaluation process can be mysterious and scary. How does your doctor recognize melanoma? Is a biopsy always necessary? How sure can your doctor be in the diagnosis? But if you understand the process and the lesion evaluation tools that are available, you can alleviate some of the fear and be an active participant in your own care.
This e-magazine provides an overview of the different ways suspicious pigmented lesions can be evaluated, with a special focus on the potential role for non-invasive tests, including the noninvasive genetic sticker test.
