Cutaneous Oncology News

“Hairdressers have been considered a potential resource for skin cancer surveillance, and previous studies suggest that hairdressers are interested in skin cancer education. However, validation of these findings in other hairdresser communities are needed, and factors associated with receptiveness to skin cancer education are unknown,” David C. Gibbs, BS, of the department of epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, and colleagues wrote.

Keck Medicine of USC announced that David Peng, MD, MPH, has been named president of USC Care Medical Group, a faculty practice plan of Keck Medicine physicians at hospital clinics and ambulatory locations.

The Committee on Invasive Skin Tumor Evidence-Based Recommendations published clinical practice guidelines to improve clinical decision-making for patients with microcystic adnexal carcinoma based on a systematic review of the literature.

The link between alcohol consumption and skin cancer is still being uncovered.

Researchers identified an association between family history of melanoma and the risk for melanomas on the trunk and extremities, according to a recent study reported by Healio Dermatology.

Areas of disagreement between patients and physicians on skin cancer-related outcomes include patient fear of the unknown, recurrence and empowering patients to make treatment choices, according to researchers in Dermatologic Surgery.

Melanoma skin cancer rates have increased by 35% for women and by 55% for men in the United Kingdom since 2004, which represents a 45% increase in the incidence rate, according to research from Cancer Research UK.

Patient survival in cutaneous angiosarcoma is not affected by current therapeutic strategies, and cases are increasing in those who are older than 70 years, according to researchers in a retrospective analysis.

Researchers in JAMA Dermatology warned clinicians about an increased risk for inflammatory bowel disease among those with hidradenitis suppurativa, which gained the most pageviews on Healio Dermatology last week.

Machine-learning systems could improve early melanoma diagnosis based on the implementation of a teledermatology program in Bergamo, Italy, according to a research letter in Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.