Faculty from the Cutaneous Oncology Workshop answer practical questions spanning skin cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up.
|Articles|June 21, 2023
Pointers With Portela: Surviving Melanoma
Author(s)Dustin Portela, DO
In this week’s Pointers with Portela, the 208SkinDoc interviews a patient who has battled stage IV melanoma for many years.
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