Cutaneous Oncology News

Social factors, unemployment and a prior history of melanoma are associated with greater baseline cancer worry among a group of patients with skin cancers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Dermatologists performed the fewest number of biopsies to diagnose one skin cancer compared with other types of clinicians, according to researchers from University of Wisconsin-Madison and Mayo Clinic, in the top Healio Dermatology story last week.

Dermatology consultation may improve the long-term implications of hospitalization for suspected dermatologic immune-related adverse events, according to researchers in Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

For all skin cancers and nonmelanoma skin cancer, dermatologists performed the fewest number of biopsies to diagnose one skin cancer compared with other types of clinicians, including primary care.

Patients with nonmelanoma skin cancer aged 85 years or older had significantly higher odds of being untreated, according to an analysis.

Researchers estimate that in 2014 there were more than 3.4 million treated nonmelanoma skin cancers in the U.S. population aged 65 years and older using data from Medicare Advantage, a growing cohort of Medicare provided by private insurance companies.

Researchers identified an 8% 5-year risk for second primary melanoma in a cohort of patients with melanoma and confirmed the utility of total body photography and digital dermatoscopic documentation in follow-up visits.

In the top Healio Dermatology story last week, melanomas of the head and neck treated with Mohs micrographic surgery had a significantly higher overall survival at 5 years after melanoma diagnosis than those treated with wide local excision.

Melanomas of the head and neck treated with Mohs micrographic surgery had a significantly higher overall survival at 5 years after melanoma diagnosis than those treated with wide local excision, according to 2004 to 2015 data from the National Cancer Database.

A nonmelanoma skin cancer risk prediction model using readily available information in the electronic medical records system and a deep learning approach appeared to demonstrate robust discrimination, according to findings published in JAMA Dermatology.