Tag: Cancer: Skin
Parkinson’s Patients Deemed at Higher Risk of Melanoma
Researchers urge counsel of patients that if they have one disease, they're at risk of the other
Nivolumab Rx Beyond Progression Beneficial in Melanoma
28 percent of patients treated beyond progression had lesion reduction >30 percent
Melanoma Diagnoses Can Vary Widely Among Pathologists
Potential for both overdiagnosis and underdiagnosis, patient confusion
Similar Skin Cancer Incidence Seen With Teledermatology
Melanoma, keratinocytic carcinoma, any skin cancer incidence similar for teledermatology, face-to-face
Cutaneous Malignancies Can Mimic Seborrheic Keratosis
Overall, 3.1% of cases identified as SK, irritated SK were histologically diagnosed as malignancies
Full Lymph Node Dissection Does Not Up Melanoma Survival
Survival just as long for those who have less extensive surgery, researchers find
PERFI Feasible for In Vivo Imaging of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
Methylene blue infused into peritumoral space, and preferentially retained in tumor
Researchers Say PDE5 Inhibitors Don’t Cause Melanoma
Any connection appears to be due to detection bias, investigators conclude
Circulating Th17.1 Cells in Melanoma Tied to Sarcoidosis
Elevation in Th17.1 cells prior to administration of PD-1 checkpoint tx, onset of symptomatic sarcoidosis
Voriconazole Exposure May Affect SCC After Lung Transplant
Prolonged exposure to voriconazole may be linked to development, recurrence, progression of skin SCC
