Tag: skin cancer
#VisualAbstract: Increased risk of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas among patients diagnosed wtih actinic keratosis
Click to read the study in JAMA Dermatology.
#VisualAbstract: Circulating tumor DNA levels may predict treatment response in patients with advanced melanoma
Click to read the study in The Lancet Oncology.
#VisualAbstract: Higher metastatic lymph node burden is associated with worse overall survival in Merkel cell carcinoma
Click to read the study in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
#VisualAbstract: Female sex may be associated with better overall and disease-specific survival in Merkel cell carcinoma
Click to read the study in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
#VisualAbstract: Skin biopsy rates have disproportionately increased compared to cancer treatments between 1993-2016
Click to read the study in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
#VisualAbstract: Total body skin examinations may aid in the detection of incidental skin cancers in patients with suspicious lesions
Click to read the study in JAMA Network Open.
Quick Take: 2-cm versus 4-cm surgical excision margins for primary cutaneous melanoma thicker than 2 mm
The ideal surgical excision margin for patients with thick (>2 mm) localized cutaneous melanomas is unclear, where the risk of ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind January 28, 2019
Association of HLA antigen mismatch with risk of developing skin cancer after solid-organ transplant Immunosuppressive agents reduce the risk of ...
