This article discusses the process of performing biopsies and excisions from the skin to diagnose or treat skin cancers.

Practitioners can improve diagnostic accuracy of skin biopsies and hasten appropriate management for patients by adopting some simple but effective steps during each biopsy procedure.

Punch biopsy is a poor diagnostic modality for clinically suspicious pigmented lesions.

Trichofolliculoma is a hard, dome-shaped, skin-coloured papule that presents with a central pore and a whitish immature hair; excision should be considered to confirm diagnosis and treatment.

A man aged 29 years presented with a 15-year history of atopic dermatitis, which started on his feet and spread to his thighs, lower abdomen, back and buttocks.

A man aged 73 years presented for a routine full skin examination and reported a new erythematous lesion, which occasionally bled, on the dorsal shaft of the penis.

This article discusses shave procedures and their role in diagnosing an array of benign, inflammatory and malignant skin conditions.

This article explores the utility of shave procedures in melanoma management.

These findings will inform the development, dissemination and evaluation of education strategies to improve knowledge of sentinel lymph node biopsy and lead to better patient outcomes.

Clinicians should be alert to factors contributing to increased non-melanoma skin cancers.

Radiation therapy may be used as definitive treatment for low-risk cancers, as an adjuvant treatment for high-risk disease or alone for inoperable cases.

VMAT does not have a clearly established role in the management of field cancerisation. Suitably powered, controlled, long-term trials are needed before its routine use can be recommended.

A man aged 60 years presented with an enlarging penile lesion that had been present for six years.

This study investigates the effectiveness of two interventions to prevent surgical site infection after below-knee surgery.

A case presentation of a large erythematous nodular lesion that is asymptomatic.