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Previous Volume 335:827-828 September 12, 1996 Number 11

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Second edition. By Rona M. MacKie. 362 pp., illustrated. St. Louis, Mosby, 1996. $125. ISBN 1-85317-203-0.

Skin cancer is the number-one type of cancer in the United States, with over 1 million diagnoses expected in 1996. Management of this huge problem is complicated, because so many dermatologic conditions are dealt with by primary care physicians — only the complex disorders remain in the dermatologist's realm. Education about skin cancer is what Professor MacKie, an expert in the field, wishes to provide with this second edition of her 1989 book.

The book begins with an introduction to skin biology and histology and progresses to the causes, diagnosis, pathology, and treatment of melanoma and basal- and squamous-cell carcinomas. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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