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AACR: Pretrained Machine Learning Models Help Diagnose Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 – Leveraging whole slide embedding from pretrained foundation models (FMs) improves nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) diagnosis, according to a study presented at the annual...
Circulating Tumor DNA Can ID Outcomes for Patients With Melanoma
WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2025 – Droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (PCR) measurements of cell-free, circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) can identify patients with melanoma and a high risk for...
Common Photosensitizing Drugs Increase Skin Cancer Risk
TUESDAY, April 1, 2025 – Some commonly prescribed photosensitizing drugs increase skin cancer risk, according to a study published online March 18 in Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & ...
Many U.S. Adults Still Have Misconceptions About Skin Cancer Risk
WEDNESDAY, March 26, 2025 – About two-thirds of U.S. adults report no sunburns in the past year, with significant associations seen between the number of sunburns and sociodemographic factors,...
Adding 3D Total Body Photography to Usual Care Increases Rate of Skin Excisions
WEDNESDAY, March 26, 2025 – The addition of three-dimensional (3D) total-body photography (TBP) and sequential digital dermoscopy imaging (SDDI) via teledermatology to usual care increases the...
Diabetes Drug Metformin Protects Against Skin Cancer, New Research Says
TUESDAY, Jan. 14, 2025 – A popular diabetes drug can provide protection against skin cancers, a new study says. Metformin significantly reduces people’s risk of developing basal cell cancers or s...
Teledermoscopy Accurate for Detecting Skin Cancers
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 – Teledermoscopy has high accuracy for detecting skin cancers, according to a research letter published online Nov. 9 in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology....
New Set of Risk Factors Can Boost Detection of Suspicious Skin Lesions
MONDAY, Nov. 4, 2024 – A new set of skin cancer risk factors can improve detection of suspicious skin lesions, according to a study published online Sept. 6 in Scientific Reports. Shafiqul Islam,...
Prevalence of Skin Cancer Varies for Sexual Minority, Heterosexual Adults
FRIDAY, July 19, 2024 – With respect to their lifetime prevalence of skin cancer, sexual minority (SM) adults differ across racial and ethnic groups and among males and females, according to a study...
Have Fun in the Sun, But Protect Your Skin, Expert Says
SUNDAY, July 14, 2024 — Roughly 20% of Americans are diagnosed with skin cancer at some point in their lives, but it's not inevitable. Skin cancer is not only the most common cancer, it's also the m...
Rural Residents Continue to Have Higher Odds of Skin Cancer
TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 – Urban-rural disparities in skin cancer prevalence continue to persist, according to a study published in the June issue of the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology. Rachel R. Lin, ...
Few Patients With Positive Margins After Basal Cell Excision Have Recurrence
MONDAY, July 1, 2024 – Among patients with incompletely excised basal cell carcinoma (BCC), only about 16 percent with positive histopathologic margins have clinical recurrence, according to a study...
ASCO: Neoadjuvant Ipilimumab + Nivolumab Ups Survival in Resectable Melanoma
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 – Neoadjuvant ipilimumab plus nivolumab followed by surgery results in longer event-free survival than surgery followed by adjuvant nivolumab among patients with resectable,...
Non-Hispanic Black Melanoma Patients Present With Advanced Disease
WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 – Non-Hispanic Black (NHB) melanoma patients have distinct tumor characteristics, presenting with more advanced disease and exhibiting worse outcomes, according to a study...
Outdoor Workers Face Skin Cancer Danger
FRIDAY, May 10, 2024 – Steve Murray, 68, has spent a lot of time out in the sun, at work and at play. Murray worked construction for several decades, and as a child spent summers on the beach in...