Cutaneous Oncology News

Skin protection behaviors such as wearing long sleeves or using sunscreen varied among Asian American individuals who identified as Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino or “other Asian,” according to a study.

Melanoma thickness has a progressive relationship with decreasing survival, however that relationship is lost in patients with melanomas 15 mm or thicker, according to a study.

Prior treatment with newer-generation therapies appeared associated with significantly lower objective response rates among patients who received tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes for metastatic melanoma, according to study findings.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video perspective from Maui Derm for Dermatologists, George Martin, MD, the meeting’s program director, gives an update on cutaneous oncology treatment options that were discussed during the meeting’s first day.

Cutaneous adverse events appeared largely reversible and rarely led to therapy discontinuation among patients with metastatic melanoma treated with combination checkpoint inhibitors, according to a study in Cancer.

Ultrasonography was better than clinical examination alone for detecting regional lymph node metastasis in high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, according to a study.

A high-fiber diet appeared associated with increased PFS among patients with melanoma who started treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors, according to study results published in Science.

Nearly one-quarter of patients with keratinocyte carcinoma who experienced delays in Mohs micrographic surgical procedures due to the pandemic were more concerned about their cancer than COVID, according to a study.

Men with a prior cutaneous T-cell lymphoma were at increased risk for a second malignancy, according to a study.

Combination therapy with nivolumab plus ipilimumab conferred an OS benefit for patients with asymptomatic melanoma brain metastases, according to results of the open-label, phase 2 CheckMate 204 study published in The Lancet Oncology.