Researchers at the University of North Carolina have suggested that melanoma survival depends on where the skin cancer first appears.
Dr Nancy Thomas, associate professor of dermatology in the UNC School of Medicine and the study’s senior author, advised doctors to take extra care when examining patients for signs of skin cancer: “Only 6% of melanoma patients present with the disease on the scalp or neck, but those patients account for 10% of melanoma deaths. That’s why we need to take extra time to look at the scalp during full-skin examinations.”
