Cutaneous Oncology News

Researchers suggest that approximately 13% of patients with a high-risk primary melanoma may develop recurrence within 2 years, and informed clinical follow-up should include understanding the patterns and risk factors of disease recurrence.

Better performance measures will improve the quality of care for dermatologic surgery patients, according to researchers in Dermatologic Surgery.

Skin Cancer Awareness Month, observed every May, is intended to educate the public about the dangers of UV radiation and encourage sun-safe habits.

In patients with metastatic melanoma, the timing of advanced disease was not associated with the timing of first distant recurrence, according to a multicentric cohort study.

Opioid prescribing patterns after micrographic surgery by surgeons at University of Utah have decreased since 2010, according to a retrospective chart review.

Dermatologists may be the most prepared physicians to help with melanoma, according to a recent study from the University of Minnesota that trended on Healio Dermatology.

Immunosuppression was associated with a threefold to fourfold increase for disease-related poor outcomes, including local recurrence, nodal metastasis and in-transit metastasis, in low-stage cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas, according to a 10-year retrospective cohort from researchers at Tufts Medical Center.

In myofibroma and myofibromatosis, researchers found that gain-of-function mutations of PDGFRB only affect children, according to a retrospective study in JAMA Dermatology.

Research exploring the risk for ear infections and strep throat in patients with atopic dermatitis garnered the most pageviews last week.

Individuals with early-stage melanoma require information, resources and emotional/mental health-focused care, all which dermatologists may be best prepared to provide, according to a research letter published in Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.