WFMY News2: Melanoma. The skin cancer showed up on the bottom of Detroit Lions' Josh Paschal's foot Melanoma. The skin cancer showed up on the bottom of Detroit Lions' Josh Paschal's foot The New England Journal of Medicine: Acral Melanoma and Mechanical Stress on the Plantar Surface of the Foot Trauma may be a driver of acral melanoma.

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1,2 A recent study conducted in Japan showed more acral melanomas in the weight-bearing areas than in the non–weight-bearing areas of the plantar foot. 3 ... Acral Melanoma and Mechanical Stress on the Plantar Surface of the Foot (HealthDay News) — Foot melanoma seems to represent a specific subgroup and is a negative independent prognostic factor for disease-specific survival and disease-free interval, according to a study ... Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) outperforms conventional excision (CE) in patients with hand and foot melanomas, a retrospective cohort study finds.

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