Tag: Cancer: Skin
Methotrexate Linked to Increased Risk for Skin Cancer
When restricting analysis to patients with psoriasis, methotrexate was only associated with basal cell carcinoma
Risk for Subsequent Facial Keratinocyte Carcinoma Lower With Laser Treatment
Nonablative fractional laser-treated patients had lower rate of subsequent facial keratinocyte carcinoma development
Regular Use of Vitamin D Linked to Fewer Melanoma Cases
Lower percentage of individuals seen with history of past or present melanoma, any type of skin cancer among regular users
MPATH-Dx Version 2.0 Simplifies Classification of Melanoma
Updated version simplifies original five-class hierarchy into four classes, including clearly defining classes I and II lesions
Survival Rates High for Children, Teens With Melanoma
Primary tumor ulceration, head/neck location, and Breslow thickness >4 mm predict worse survival in teens
Moderna, Merck Report on Promising Melanoma Vaccine
Companies announced that the vaccine performed well in a small study of patients who had the cancer surgically removed
Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes Up PFS in Advanced Melanoma
Significantly longer progression-free survival seen with infusion of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes versus ipilimumab
2013 to 2017 Saw Significant Drop in U.S. Melanoma Mortality Rates
Significant reduction seen in mortality rate from 2013 to 2017, after the introduction of new treatments in 2011 (most after 2013)
Melanoma Diagnosis Linked to Increased Risk of Prostate Cancer
More than twofold increased risk of prostate cancer seen for men with first melanoma diagnosed 10 to 15 years before study recruitment
QOL Up With Pembrolizumab Versus Ipilimumab, HDI in Resected Melanoma
Quality of life favored the pembrolizumab arm versus standard-of-care arm receiving ipilimumab, high-dose interferon α 2b
