Mohs micrographic surgery and surgical excision for nonmelanoma skin cancer treatment in the Medicare population.

Objectives: To identify Medicare use rates of Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) and surgical excision for the treatment of nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) and to identify patient, lesion, and geographic characteristics associated with treatment type.

Design: A retrospective analysis of Medicare beneficiaries.

Setting: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database.

Melanoma in pregnancy.

Since the early 1950s clinicians have been concerned about the impact of pregnancy on malignant melanoma (MM). Case reports and case series described a grave prognosis for women diagnosed with MM during pregnancy. Today MM in pregnancy takes on enhanced significance as more women delay childbearing into their 30s and 40s, and the incidence of MM during pregnancy may be expected to increase.