Melanoma
Skin of Color
Dermoscopic Patterns of Acral Melanocytic Lesions in Skin of Color
Acral lentiginous melanoma is a rare but aggressive melanoma subtype that disproportionately affects skin of color populations. Dermatologists...
Commentary
The Dayanara Effect: Increasing Skin Cancer Awareness in the Hispanic Community
Dayanara Torres, a prominent celebrity and Hispanic woman, gave a new face to metastatic melanoma following her diagnosis in February 2019. Since...
From the Journals
Systemic therapies are impacting melanoma’s prognostic factors
Systemic treatments have altered the disease kinetics for patients with melanoma.
Conference Coverage
ENCORE-601: Entinostat/pembrolizumab safe, active for melanoma
ATLANTA – Combined therapy with the HDAC inhibitor entinostat and the PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab has significant clinical activity and...
Commentary
Sunscreen Regulations and Advice for Your Patients
The US Food and Drug Administration recently published a press release detailing a proposed rule on how manufacturers will be required to test and...
Conference Coverage
Consider 9-mm surgical margins for MIS
WAIKOLOA, HAWAII – The widely utilized 5-mm surgical margins for excision of melanoma in situ are inadequate.
Conference Coverage
TNF inhibitor–induced psoriasis in IBD patients a consideration
WASHINGTON –This is a paradoxical reaction, which can happen “weeks to years after starting a TNF blocker”.
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Novel immunostimulant combo shows early efficacy
SAN FRANCISCO – A one-two approach to stimulating both innate and adaptive immunity appears to be paying off, suggest early efficacy data from a...
Conference Coverage
31-GEP test predicts likelihood of metastasis for cutaneous melanoma
WASHINGTON – “By using this one test, it’s able to separate out melanomas that otherwise may be grouped in together under current AJCC staging.”...
Conference Coverage
Diagnostic devices may increasingly aid melanoma diagnosis
WASHINGTON – When considering diagnostic devices, evaluate whether they produce results that outperform dermatologists, are low cost, user...
Conference Coverage
Diet appears to play an important role in response to anti-PD-1 cancer immunotherapy
Diet appears to affect response to anti-PD-1 cancer immunotherapy, likely by its effect on the gut microbiome.