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How to manage benign skin lesions which mimic or hide skin cancers

Written by HealthCert Education | Jun 16, 2023 5:42:49 AM

How should you manage benign skin lesions when they mimic or hide skin cancers? In the short video below, Dr Hamilton Ayres discusses common benign lesions and how they can often be confused with malignancies, and how you can differentiate between them.

He also addresses which factors need to be taken into consideration when making a skin lesion diagnosis, including your clinical suspicion, the patient's history, your risk assessment of the patient and the Three-Point Checklist.

Watch the full video now:

 

Learn more about skin cancer medicine in primary care at the next Skin Cancer Certificate Courses.