"What You Need to Know About Melanoma "
Melanoma is the least common skin cancer, but it is by far the deadliest, and on the rise. “My first melanoma was right here on my cheek,” said David Lipman. But a combination of missed diagnosis and procrastination on Lipman’s part meant that melanoma wasn’t diagnosed for years. Lipman was lucky. The melanoma had not spread, but it took a large tissue graft from his back to repair the defect left from the melanoma removal. Eventually he was referred to Hooman Khorasani, MD, chief of the division of dermatologic and cosmetic surgery at the Mount Sinai Health System, who’s been monitoring Lipman, including a second melanoma on his back. Dr. Khorasani explained why melanoma is so deadly. “It has the ability to spread to other tissues, much easier than other skin cancers.”
— Hooman Khorasani, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Dermatology, Chief, Division of Dermatologic and Cosmetic Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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