Dessinioti C, et al. - Researchers probed the relationship of skin self-examination (SSE), physician skin examination (PSE), and patient attitudes with the detection of thinner superficial spreading melanoma (SSM) and nodular melanoma (NM), the latter of which tends to elude early detection. For the early detection of melanoma the importance of complementary practices by patients and physicians including regular whole-body PSE, SSE, and increased patient awareness was underscored in the results. The markers of thicker SSM and NM were self-detected clinical warning signs (eg, elevation and onset of pain).