DEAR DR. ROACH: I recently went to my dermatologist because I noticed a dark mole I hadn’t seen before. He did a biopsy, and it was called a “moderately dysplastic nevus.” He recommended removal, ...

The recommendation for such a tightly defined surgical margin is the result of a study led by researchers at Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health and published online Oct. 2 in the Journal ...

Patients with biopsy-diagnosed moderately to severely dysplastic nevi experienced greater benefits after excisions than patients with mildly or moderately dysplastic nevi, according to study results.

Dysplastic nevi (DN) are characterized by clinical asymmetry with irregular borders and color variegation, and histologically with architectural disorder and variable degrees of melanocytic cytologic ...

A mole is an unwanted skin growth. It usually looks like a flat or raised bump that’s the color of your skin or darker. Most people get moles as a teenager or adult. Some moles are present at birth.

Prior to the families' enrollment into the current study, 194 melanomas occurred among 140 individuals. Of the 151 primary lesions for which we were able to measure thickness on review, 100 were ...