Melanoma

ORLANDO — AI can transform how dermatologists diagnose skin conditions including melanoma; however, without attention to equitability, specifically in skin of color, it could exacerbate disparities in care, according to a speaker here.

Childhood cancer survivors are more than twice as likely to develop melanoma as the general population, according to findings published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

An AI tool appeared superior to two FDA-approved biomarkers for predicting how people with cancer will respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Recurrence-free survival and overall survival were more common in patients with nevus-associated acral melanoma compared with those with de novo acral melanoma, according to a study.

The risk for melanoma-related death increased among patients with T1 melanoma tumors thicker than 0.8 mm, according to a study.

A study found multiple factors that contributed to invasive melanoma tumor upstaging as well as higher mortality rates among patients with upstaged tumors, one of which is medical management.

A new system called SpotCheck showed that teledermoscopy was equally as effective as in-person appointments in evaluating suspicious-looking skin lesions for skin cancer, according to a study.

Researchers found various trends in melanoma incidence among young patients, one of which is that rates are steadily decreasing, according to a study.