Cutaneous Oncology News

WAILEA, Hawaii — The treatment of actinic keratosis can be challenging. At the Maui Derm meeting, George M. Martin, MD, meeting founder and program director, and Ted Rosen, MD, gave an update on treatment options.

Mohs micrographic surgery decreased recurrence rates and increased survival among patients with head and neck melanoma compared with conventional excision, according to a study.

Tumor invasion beyond the subcutaneous fat, along with perineural invasion, were associated with poor outcomes in primary cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, according to a study.

Despite more frequent poor prognostic factors, melanoma of unknown primary etiology was not associated with poorer survival than melanoma of known cutaneous etiology, according to a study.

Adolescents and young adults with stage IV melanoma experienced significantly lower survival rates compared with older adults, according to a study.

Melanoma survival rates in children and adolescent patients were around 90% or higher, according to a study.

Healio has compiled a top 10 list of its most read articles related to cutaneous oncology in 2022.

Dermatologists should consider ordering a 31-gene expression profile test to determine metastasis risk in patients with newly diagnosed cutaneous malignant melanoma, according to a study.

mRNA-4157/V940, an investigational personalized mRNA cancer vaccine, with Keytruda met the primary endpoint of recurrence-free survival in a phase 2b trial for the adjuvant treatment of stage III/IV melanoma after surgical resection.

A tool designed to assess skin cancer risk in solid organ transplant recipients proved to be efficacious in independent populations outside of the one used in its creation, according to a study.