Cutaneous Oncology News

Each year, WHO marks World Mental Health Day on Oct. 10 in an effort to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilize efforts to support mental health.

The FDA placed a partial clinical hold on two trials evaluating lacutamab for T-cell lymphomas after a patient died of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, according to the agent’s manufacturer.

Dermatologists should avoid the removal of benign nevi from children that are not of a consenting age, regardless of the parents’ preferences, according to an article published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

The Veterans Health Administration’s Care Assessment Need tool may be able to predict the life expectancy of veterans, helping facilitate conversation about treatment for basal cell carcinoma, according to a study.

For patients with Bowen’s disease, 5-fluorouracil was shown to be noninferior to surgical excision and resulted in better cosmetic outcomes, according to a study.

Fractional lasers may be a promising new treatment option for the prevention of nonmelanoma skin cancer by promoting skin regeneration and stopping photocarcinogenesis, according to a study.

Fecal microbiome samples showed significant differences in patients with melanoma compared with control subjects, as well as in those with early- and late-stage disease, according to a study.

High rates of recurrence and metastasis associated with mesenchymal dermal neoplasms — specifically pleomorphic dermal sarcoma — should prompt dermatologists to follow-up with their patients more often, according to a study.

The presence of perifollicular linear projections is a new dermoscopic feature that may aid in the early diagnosis of lentigo maligna on the face, according to a study.

A 20-gene signature prediction demonstrated high accuracy in diagnosing metastasis risk in patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, according to a study.