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Downloadable Guides

Printable discussion guides you can take to your appointments — free, no sign-up.

How these work

Every in-depth article on this site ends with a "What to Ask Your Doctor" list. Those same questions are compiled into PDFs: a complete discussion guide for each condition gathers all of its topic questions into one document, with a checkbox and a notes line beside each question and header fields for your appointment date and doctor's name.

Prefer just one topic? Open the condition's hub page below — each in-depth article has its own single-page checklist download.

Skin cancers & precancer

One complete discussion guide per condition, plus a separate checklist for each in-depth topic under that hub.

Basal Cell Carcinoma

Complete discussion guide · 8 individual topic checklists

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Complete discussion guide · 8 individual topic checklists

Download PDF

Melanoma

Complete discussion guide · 8 individual topic checklists

Download PDF

Actinic Keratosis

Complete discussion guide · 8 individual topic checklists

Download PDF

Photodynamic Therapy for Actinic Keratosis

Complete discussion guide · 10 individual topic checklists

Download PDF

Atypical Moles (Dysplastic Nevi)

Complete discussion guide · 8 individual topic checklists

Download PDF

Merkel Cell Carcinoma

Complete discussion guide · 7 individual topic checklists

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Advanced & metastatic disease

Question sets built for stage III–IV care, immunotherapy and targeted therapy decisions, and multidisciplinary teams.

Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma

Complete discussion guide · 11 individual topic checklists

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Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Complete discussion guide · 14 individual topic checklists

Download PDF

Advanced Melanoma

Complete discussion guide · 12 individual topic checklists

Download PDF

Using them well

  • •Print the guide a day or two before your visit and circle the three or four questions that matter most to you.
  • •Bring a second copy for whoever comes with you, so someone can take notes while you talk.
  • •Not every question applies to every person — your dermatologist can tell you which ones are relevant to your case.

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