Cutaneous Oncology News

An educational intervention targeting sunscreen use in student athletes was associated with improved sunscreen use.

Immunopulse IL-12 monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab was associated with encouraging response rates and safety data in patients with melanoma who may not respond to anti-PD-1 therapy, according to a press release.

Handheld reflectance confocal microscopy with radial video mosaicing showed utility in mapping lentigo maligna and lentigo maligna melanoma.

The FDA granted breakthrough therapy designation to the combination of dabrafenib and trametinib for adjuvant therapy of patients with stage III BRAF V600 mutation-positive melanoma, according to the agents’ manufacturer.

There has been a consistent decline in squamous cell carcinoma post-transplant among organ transplant recipients in Norway since the 1980s, according to recent findings.

Data from a recent survey demonstrate indoor tanning dependence was linked with symptoms of depression and beliefs about physical appearance.

The FDA granted priority review to nivolumab for the treatment of patients with melanoma who are at high risk for disease recurrence following complete surgical resection, according to the drug’s manufacturer.

Increasing proportions of atypical intraepidermal melanocytic proliferation on various parts of the body may increase the likelihood of a diagnostic change to melanoma after Mohs micrographic surgery, according to findings presented at the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Annual Meeting.

Patients undergoing Mohs micrographic surgery for aggressive subtypes of nonmelanoma skin cancer were frequently upgraded to a more aggressive subtype before the procedure, according to findings presented at the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Annual Meeting.

In a draft recommendation statement, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said there is insufficient evidence to determine if the benefits outweigh the harms from counseling adults about skin self-examinations for the prevention of skin cancer.