Incidence of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anus Increasing
There has been an increase in the incidence of squamous cell carcinoma of the anus in the United States.
There has been an increase in the incidence of squamous cell carcinoma of the anus in the United States.
The checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab prolongs survival in patients with certain head and neck cancers.
Melanoma incidence seems to be decreasing in adolescents and young adults.
Weightbearing areas indicating mechanical stress are correlated with a higher number of plantar melanoma and also show a tendency to manifest as invasive melanomas at diagnosis more frequently than in non-weightbearing areas.
Researchers investigated the use of artificial intelligence to evaluate skin lesions suspicious for melanoma in camera-based images as a potential decision-support tool.
The association between cumulative exposure to indoor tanning and the risk for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma did not vary regardless of age at initiation and duration of use.
A small study on patients with metastatic melanoma who were treated with autologous vaccines in a phase 2 clinical trial suggests that soluble PD-1 may have potential as a prognostic biomarker.
For individuals with obesity, bariatric surgery is associated with a reduced risk for skin cancer, including melanoma.
Second opinions rendered by dermatopathologists improve the reliability of melanocytic lesion diagnosis, although there is still discordance among pathologists.
In patients with advanced melanoma, sustained long-term overall survival at 5 years was greater in patients who received nivolumab plus ipilimumab or nivolumab alone than in those who received only ipilimumab.