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Melanoma, infantile hemangioma studies top dermatology reads for week
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Survey findings that less that less than half of married women helped their husbands with skin cancer detection was among the top read articles of the past week on Healio.com/Dermatology.
Other widely-read articles included findings that there were no significant differences in efficacy and safety between propranolol and steroid in treating infantile hemangioma, and that a noninvasive pigmented lesion assay improved biopsy specificity in diagnosing melanoma:
Survey finds less than half of women assist husbands with skin cancer self-exams
Less than half of surveyed married women helped their husbands with skin cancer detection, according to results released by the American Academy of Dermatology.
The AAD is conducting a public awareness campaign in conjunction with Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month in May and Melanoma Monday to encouraging women to check both their partners and themselves for signs of skin cancer. Read more
Efficacy, safety equal for propranolol, steroid in infantile hemangioma
There were no significant differences in efficacy and safety between propranolol and steroid in treating infantile hemangioma, according to study results recently published in JAMA Dermatology.
“After propranolol was introduced for [infantile hemangioma] treatment in 2008, it has been used worldwide because it is considered more effective and safer than steroid treatment,” researchers in Seoul, South Korea, wrote. “However, there has been limited evidence for propranolol’s efficacy and safety because of a lack of randomized clinical trials.” Read more
Platelet-rich plasma injections show efficacy in facial skin biostimulation
Platelet-rich plasma poor in leukocytes demonstrated improvement in facial skin biostimulation, according to study results published in Dermatologic Surgery.
Researchers studied 12 healthy women aged 45 to 65 years, who were enrolled between October and November 2014 and underwent three sessions of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections into facial skin at 1-month intervals. Read more
Pigmented lesion assay improves biopsy specificity in diagnosing melanoma
The use of a noninvasive pigmented lesion assay significantly improved biopsy specifity, which may allow dermatologists to miss fewer melanomas while reducing the number of benign lesions biopsied, according to study results recently published in JAMA Dermatology.
“The utility study demonstrates that even pigmented lesion experts surgically biopsy about half as often and miss fewer melanomas when adding the pigmented lesion assay to their decision process,” researcher Laura Korb Ferris, MD, PhD, associate professor of dermatology at the University of Pittsburgh, stated in a press release from DermTech. Read more
Treatments for androgenetic alopecia vary in effectiveness between men, women
Men and women benefited from minoxidil therapy for androgenetic alopecia, while finasteride and low-level light therapy also showed efficacy in treating men with the condition, according to meta-analysis results recently published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
Researchers conducted a systematic review of randomized controlled trials by searching PubMed, Embase and Cochrane from their earliest dates through December 2016. Read more