Cutaneous Oncology News

Patients with second primary melanomas showed significant survival advantage and thinner lesions compared with those with single primary melanomas, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Many melanoma patients presented with more advanced disease during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a small study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Ten-second videos of white blood cell motion in the skin’s microvasculature considerably improved the ability to predict whether blood cancer would relapse after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, according to study results.

Melanocytic lesions in the lower extremities that are marked by peripheral globules should be closely watched for melanoma development, according to a study.

Results from a quality-improvement study showed that primary care-based melanoma screening correlated with an increased detection of thin melanoma, according to data published in JAMA Dermatology.

If current trends continue, melanoma-associated mortality rates may increase by nearly 70% by 2040, according to a study.

BOSTON — An increase in immune checkpoint proteins was observed in metastatic melanoma patients treated with topical diphencyprone, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting.

BOSTON — At the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, DermTech President and CEO John Dobak, MD, discusses how the company is partnering with the AAD in the SPOT Skin Cancer campaign, aimed at reducing deaths from skin cancer.

Trends in melanoma diagnosis and mortality suggest that white individuals in the United States were over-diagnosed with the disease, according to a study.

Noninvasive diagnostic methods such as dermoscopy and confocal reflectance microscopy may have utility in minimizing biopsy use in predicting progression of actinic keratosis to carcinoma, according to a study.