Cutaneous Melanoma Risk Assessment among Individuals with a High-Risk Nevus Phenotype

Affiliations

¹ Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA. Electronic address: polosil1@mskcc.org.
² Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
³ Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA; Department of Dermatology, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
⁴ Skagit Regional Health, Mount Vernon, Washington, USA.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.

Luísa Polo-Silveira et al. J Invest Dermatol. 2025 Nov.

. 2025 Nov;145(11):2919-2921.e2.

doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2025.04.028. Epub 2025 May 13.

¹ Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA. Electronic address: polosil1@mskcc.org.
² Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
³ Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA; Department of Dermatology, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
⁴ Skagit Regional Health, Mount Vernon, Washington, USA.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Dysplastic nevi; Imaging; Melanoma; Oncogenes; UVR.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: All authors have no conflict of interest.

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