Skin Cancer News

• Skin Cancer Outcomes Worsen With Rise in Risk Factors The greater the number of risk factors in patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, the higher the likelihood of poor outcomes, a study finds.
  Medscape Medical News, March 20, 2025
• HPV Vaccine May Cut Actinic Keratosis Burden Standard HPV vaccination may reduce actinic keratosis burden in immunocompetent individuals with multiple lesions.
  Medscape News UK, March 13, 2025
• AAD 2025 AI-Based Skin Cancer Screen Effective in Real World Dermatoscope imaging processed with AI has been in use in the UK for 4 years with accuracy shown to be at least equal to expert evaluation, leading to other advantages for the hospital system.
  Medscape Medical News, March 12, 2025
• Mohs Shows Superior Outcomes in Squamous Cell Skin Cancer Mohs surgery significantly improved recurrence, metastasis, and mortality rates in patients with primary high-stage cutaneous cell carcinoma in a retrospective cohort study of 216 patients treated at a single center.
  Medscape Medical News, February 19, 2025
• Transplant Recipients Face High Risk for Actinic Keratosis Higher incidences of actinic keratosis (AK) after solid organ transplant occurred in men, White individuals, and lung transplant recipients.
  Medscape Medical News, February 12, 2025
• Immunotherapy Reduces Skin Cancer Precursors A new pilot cohort study linked immune checkpoint inhibitors with a reduction in actinic keratoses in patients undergoing cancer treatment.
  Medscape Medical News, February 12, 2025
• What Defines High-Risk SCC Is Not Always Clear-Cut Existing classification systems differ in predicting poor outcomes.
  Medscape Medical News, February 10, 2025
• Curettage and Imiquimod Less Effective Than Surgery for nBCC The probability of freedom from recurrence 5 years after surgical excision was higher than with a noninvasive approach in patients with nodular basal cell carcinoma, although the analysis did not show the latter was noninferior.
  Medscape Medical News, January 29, 2025
• Campuses Recognized for Adopting Sun Safety Protocols At George Washington University, medical students developed a website to raise awareness about skin cancer prevention and sun safe practices; other features include providing sunscreen dispensers on campus.
  Medscape Medical News, January 28, 2025
• MauiDerm 2025 Importance of Personalized Photoprotection Highlighted “When you do make recommendations, let’s not forget the importance of instituting culturally competent joint decision-making,” Dr. Susan C. Taylor said.
  Medscape Medical News, January 24, 2025
• Integrative Approach to Sun Protection: Beyond Sunscreen Protecting skin from photoaging and photocarcinogenesis requires not only sunscreen but also use of topical antioxidants, dermatologists said at the Integrative Dermatology Symposium.
  Medscape Medical News, January 20, 2025
• Sunscreen Cost Could Affect Sunscreen Use, Study Suggests A study found an inverse relationship between sunscreen cost and application.
  Medscape Medical News, January 17, 2025
• Skin Cancer Risk Increased After Blood or Marrow Transplant A study reported a cumulative incidence of over 25% for skin cancer after bone or marrow transplant.
  Medscape Medical News, December 19, 2024
• PCSK9 Inhibitors Linked to Lower Skin Cancer Risk in Study PCSK9 inhibitors were associated with a lower risk for nonmelanoma skin cancer in older adults with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, in a retrospective cohort study.
  Medscape Medical News, December 06, 2024
• Europe Logs Over 2000 Cosmetic Safety Alerts Since 2011 Consumer product alerts over the past decade revealed a number of cosmetics potentially posing health risks from either microbial or chemical contaminants.
  Medscape News UK, November 26, 2024
• US Veterans May Face Nearly Triple the Risk for Skin Cancer Results were based on a study comparing 14,301 veterans with 209,936 nonveterans.
  Medscape Medical News, October 28, 2024
• Photodynamic Therapy Found to Reduce Rhytides “The degree of improvement was impressive and not far off from those reported with CO2 ablative laser,” Luke Horton, MD, said.
  Medscape Medical News, October 22, 2024
• Canada Tackles PFAS: Is It Doing Enough? PFAS are causing significant harm to the environment, people, pets, and wildlife, but it's not clear that proposed solutions and calls to action will make a difference.
  Medscape Medical News, September 20, 2024
• Drug-Induced Rashes in Skin of Color: Diagnostic Challenges The risks, appearance, and consequences for drug-induced rashes often differ in patients with skin of color, further complicating an already challenging diagnosis.
  Medscape Medical News, September 19, 2024
• Study Finds Skin Cancer Risk Increased in US Veterans The risk for any skin cancer was higher among US veterans than among nonveterans, according to a cross-sectional study using nationally representative data collected over 20 years.
  Medscape Medical News, September 05, 2024