Melanoma
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Nonmelanoma skin cancer linked to increased fracture risk in postmenopausal women
Key clinical point: A history of nonmelanoma skin cancer may predispose patients to bone fractures.Major finding: Incident lower arm fracture was...
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Topical tazarotene did not improve response to imiquimod 5% in lentigo maligna
Key clinical point: Patients with higher levels of inflammation in response to topical therapy were more likely not to have residual tumor at...
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Infrared detector distinguished malignant and benign skin lesions
Major finding: Malignant skin lesions (basal cell carcinomas, squamous cell carcinomas, and malignant melanomas) were distinguished from benign...
Conference Coverage
Single-fraction radiation therapy showed promise in metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma
Major finding: Complete response was seen in 52% of tumors in high-risk patients and 81% of tumors in low-risk patients (P = .008).
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AUDIO: Chemotherapy toxicities masquerade as skin disease
Case Reports
An unusual presentation of an aggressive spindle cell skin cancer
Spindle cell squamous cell carcinoma (SCSCC) is a rare subtype of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) that was first reported around 1900. Its potential...
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Two investigational immunotherapies show promise in advanced melanoma
Major finding: Two investigational immunotherapies for advanced melanoma, one an antibody-drug conjugate, the other directing patients’ immune...
Guidelines
New guidelines address primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoproliferative disorders
Conference Coverage
Monoclonal antibody pinpoints BRAF status in melanoma
Major finding: A monoclonal antibody showed 100% specificity and 85% sensitivity for identifying V600E BRAF mutations in metastatic melanoma.Data...
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Patients with PD-L1–positive tumors had better response to immune checkpoint inhibitor
Major finding: Overall response to MK-3475 among melanoma patients with PD-L1–positive tumors was 49%, compared with 13% among patients with PD-L1...
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Substantial delay seen in melanoma surgery for Medicare patients
Major finding: Melanoma excision delays were significantly less common when the diagnostic physician was a dermatologist, rather than a...