Skin Cancer

SKIN CANCER

FEATURE ARTICLE

Skin Manifestations of Systemic Cancers

Linda Peckel

Dermatoses of the skin, and their relevance to the early detection of many systemic forms of cancer, are reviewed.

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Review Profiles Open-Access Datasets With Skin Cancer Images

Twenty-one skin cancer image datasets are publicly available, and most are from Europe, North America, and Oceania.

Treatment Sequence Impacts Survival in BRAF-Mutant Metastatic Melanoma

Sucharita Mistry, PhD

The 2-year overall survival rate was higher for patients who started treatment with nivolumab-ipilimumab than for those who started with dabrafenib-trametinib.

“‘Trended strongly’ is code for ‘we failed to meet statistical significance,’” remarked one expert, when she was asked to scrutinize the conclusions of a recent post hoc analysis.

Guidance Issued on the Prevention of Cutaneous SCC in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

Brandon May

An expert panel developed a survey to identify consensus statements regarding cSCC prevention in the solid organ transplant population.

Organ Transplant Recipients at Risk of Multiple Skin Cancers

Jonathan Goodman, MPhil

Roughly half of patients diagnosed with skin cancer after an organ transplant developed a subsequent skin cancer within 2 years.

All-Cause Mortality Lower for Melanomas Identified in Routine Skin Checks

Melanomas diagnosed through routine skin checks are associated with significantly lower all-cause mortality, but not with lower melanoma-specific mortality after adjustment for prognostic factors.

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Tumor Thickness and Determining Pathological Risk, Prognosis in BCC

Brandon May

A relationship between tumor thickness and histopathological growth patterns in basal cell carcinoma (BCC) investigated.

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Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers Larger Among Hispanic Patients

Based on Mohs micrographic surgery defect sizes, tumor sizes for nonmelanoma skin cancers are larger among Hispanic/Latino patients than among White patients.