Organizing a dermatology service mission.

Background: There are few published guidelines that describe the forethought and logistical considerations needed to create a dermatology-specific medical mission.

Objective: To report the experience of planning and executing a successful medical mission to an underserved community in Puerto Rico.

Methods: We identified an area of need and projected the volume of patients and diseases to be treated.

Renal cell carcinoma metastatic to the scalp: case report and review of the literature.

Background: Renal cell carcinoma metastatic to the skin is rare.

Objective: To illustrate by a case report the clinical presentation and management of the disease.

Methods: We present a case of renal carcinoma metastatic to the skin of the scalp that occurred 6 years after removal of her kidney.

Melanoma in Kauai, Hawaii, 1981-1990: the significance of in situ melanoma and the incidence trend.

Background: The incidence of melanoma has often been portrayed as reaching 'epidemic' proportions. The reality of such an epidemic is, however, not clearly established due to the methods of data collection and interpretation. The population-based incidence data and incidence trend of melanoma from the Island of Kauai, Hawaii provide an illustration of this 'epidemic'.