Author Interviews, Melanoma, Technology / 21.06.2016
OCT Technology Improves Diagnosis of Skin Cancer
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Orit Markowitz, MD
Director of Pigmented Lesions and Skin Cancer
The Mount Sinai Hospital and
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Director of Pigmented lesions clinic
Brooklyn VA,
Adjunct Professor, Dermatology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Chief of Dermatology
Queens General Hospital, Jamaica, NY
MedicalResearch.com Editors’ Note: As part of an ongoing series of occasional article on cancer prevention, Dr. Markowitz from The Mount Sinai Hospital discusses skin cancer and the use Optical Coherence Tomography in skin cancer diagnosis and treatment.
MedicalResearch.com: How common is the problem of non-melanoma skin cancer? Are they difficult to detect and treat?
Dr. Markowitz: Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States. Non melanoma skin cancers, including basal cell carcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas, are the most common malignancies of the skin, constituting around 80 percent of all skin cancers. The annual cost of treating skin cancers in the U.S. is estimated at $8.1 billion, with $3.3 billion for melanoma.
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