During my most recent Advanced Skin Cancer Screening, the Demographer discovered a new growth on the top of my left ear.  With the D-200 EVO at 50X magnification (5 times more than a Dermoscope) the Epiluminecense Microscopy was color-coded RED by the Academic Dermatologist at OHSU.  My local Dermatologist admitted that he would not have […]

Tracy Petrie1, Ravikant Samatham1, Alexander M. Witkowski2,3, Andre Esteva4 and Sancy A. Leachman1,5 Innovative technologies, including novel communication and imaging tools, are affecting dermatology in profound ways. A burning question for the field is whether we will retrospectively react to innovations or proactively leverage them to benefit precision medicine. Early detection of melanoma is a dermatologic area particularly poised […]

January 1, 2018, Corporate Examinations, Frontpage Article, News Mountain Enterprises is a forward-thinking California corporation that decided to help better protect their employees’ health by providing screening examinations to detect early developing melanoma and other skin cancers. Background Treating an employee for a diagnosed melanoma or other skin cancer in many cases relies on what is known […]

Full Body Imaging(FBI) is similar to Total Body Photography (TBP); they both take and map images of your skin to look for changes over time. How can you possibly see changes without a baseline image? If you are at high risk of skin cancer, the TBP is part of your patient management.  Many patients get […]