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The Skin Trust Library

Comprehensive living reviews for clinicians, trainees, and readers who want the full evidence behind dermatologic decisions.

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Living reviews

Choose the complete evidence review or begin with its question-based clinical challenge.

Basal Cell Carcinoma: Diagnosis, Risk Stratification, and Complete Treatment Decision-Making

A physician-facing review of pathology, risk classification, Mohs surgery, standard excision, lower-intensity treatments, radiation, advanced disease, reconstruction timing, and follow-up.

Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Risk Stratification, Staging, and Treatment — A Living Review

A living clinical review of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma risk stratification, staging, Mohs surgery, excision, radiation, nodal evaluation, systemic therapy, immunosuppression, and surveillance.

Reconstruction After Mohs Surgery: Defect Analysis, Technique Selection, and Outcomes — A Living Clinical Review

A clinician-facing living review of oncologic sequencing, defect analysis, timing, technique selection, anatomy, setting, safety, outcomes, and collaboration after Mohs surgery.

Cutaneous Melanoma: Diagnosis, Staging, and Treatment — A Living Review

A clinician-facing living review of cutaneous melanoma diagnosis, pathology, staging, surgical margins, margin-controlled surgery, nodal assessment, systemic therapy, surveillance, and special clinical contexts.

Recognition and Diagnostic Workup of Suspected Skin Cancer: Screening, Clinical Assessment, Dermoscopy, and Biopsy — A Living Review

A clinician-facing living review of skin-cancer screening, lesion recognition, clinical assessment, dermoscopy, digital monitoring, referral, and diagnostic biopsy.

Skin Cancer Treatment Selection: Mohs, Excision, Radiation, and Nonsurgical Care — A Living Review

A living clinical review of how diagnosis, tumor risk, margin assessment, anatomy, patient health, and goals shape skin-cancer treatment selection.

Rare Skin Cancers: Diagnosis, Margin Control, and Treatment — A Living Review

A clinician living review of rare cutaneous malignancies, dermatopathology, complete margin assessment, nodal staging, radiation, systemic therapy, and multidisciplinary care.

After Skin Cancer Treatment: Scar Management, Surveillance, and Prevention — A Living Review

A living review of scar maturation and treatment, recurrence and new-primary surveillance, prevention after skin cancer, and family-risk counseling.