Melanoma Disease

Healio has compiled March’s most-read news in dermatology.

CHICAGO — The skin and gut microbiome may be associated with developing or protecting against skin cancer as well as responding to cancer treatment, according to a speaker at the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Annual Meeting.

According to the American Cancer Society, more than 97,000 new melanomas will be diagnosed in the United States in 2023, which will result in upward of 7,900 deaths.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Artificial intelligence should be thoughtfully evaluated for the use of skin cancer detection, according to a presenter at South Beach Symposium.

Dermatologists and dermatopathologists should increase the utilization of nail clipping histopathology to aid in the diagnosis of nail unit melanoma, according to a perspective published in the Journal of Cutaneous Pathology.

Healio has compiled a top 10 list of its most read articles related to cutaneous oncology in 2022.

CLEVELAND — In this video, Jennifer Ko, MD, PhD, discusses different testing options for melanotic lesions including gene expression profiling and sequencing.

U.S. veterans were diagnosed with melanoma at later stages compared with those individuals included in the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results program, though both populations exhibited recent improvement, according to a study.

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have discovered a skin pigment mechanism that could be developed into a topical drug aimed at reducing skin cancer risk, according to a study published in Cell.