Tag: Cancer: Skin
New Guidelines Increase Melanoma Staging Reproducibility
Greater reproducibility and higher concordance for melanoma staging with implementation of AJCC 8
Skin Cancer Examinations More Likely for Indoor Tanning Users
Indoor tanning bed users more likely to have done skin cancer self-exams, had professional exams
Convolutional Neural Network Tops Clinicians for Melanoma ID
CNN receiver operating characteristic curve had higher specificity compared with dermatologists'
Facial Morphing Program May Deter Young Adults From Tanning
At one-month follow-up, less frequent tanning reported for facial morphing participants
Teledermatology Could Expedite Care for Suspected Skin Cancer
Australian study finds implementation significantly speeds time to clinical resolution
Nodal Metastasis Risk Up When Cancer Is Directly on the Lip
Five-fold greater risk of nodal metastasis in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the vermilion lip
Chronic Aspirin Exposure Linked to Melanoma Risk in Males
Significantly increased risk of malignant melanoma in males, but not females, on once-daily aspirin
PAs May Have Lower Diagnostic Accuracy for Melanoma
PAs diagnose fewer melanomas in situ, perform more skin biopsies per case of skin cancer diagnosed
Marital Status Tied to Earlier Presentation of Melanoma
Being married also tied to likelihood of undergoing SLNB in lesions with Breslow thickness >1 mm
Adjuvant Pembrolizumab Beneficial in Stage III Melanoma
Pembrolizumab linked to significantly longer recurrence-free survival at 15-month follow-up
