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How COVID-19 Caused Delays in Skin Cancer Diagnosis
When caught early, skin cancer, including melanoma is highly treatable. However, from March to May 2020 during the peak of the first wave of COVID-19, the pandemic closed many dermatology offices across the country — limiting patients’ access to the timely diagnosis and management of skin cancer.
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Dermatology Faces a Reckoning: Lack of Darker Skin in Textbooks and Journals Harms Care for Patients of Color
The dearth of images in the Covid-19 literature is just the newest example of the glaring lack of representation of Black and brown skin that has persisted in dermatology research journals and textbooks for decades, STAT reports.
New Insight on Mole Growth Could Aid Development of Skin Cancer Treatments
Moles stop growing when they reach a certain size due to normal interactions between cells, despite having cancer-associated gene mutations, says a new study published today in eLife.
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Melanoma Research Alliance Announces 13 Dermatology Fellowship Awards
The Melanoma Research Alliance, a non-profit funder of melanoma research, has named 13 promising clinicians/researchers-in-training as 2020 MRA Dermatology Fellows, according to a media release.
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Pale Melanomas Masked By Albino Gene
People with pale-colored melanomas are more likely to have a gene mutation associated with albinism, University of Queensland researchers suggest, in PLOS One.
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Predicting Melanoma in Small- and Medium-Sized Congenital Nevi
In patients with small- or medium-sized congenital nevi, peripheral location of the suspicious area and negative network may be the strongest dermatoscopic predictors of melanoma, researchers reported in a study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, per Dermatology Advisor.
Read MoreAI’s Potential in Skin Cancer Management Comes with a Warning
Artificial intelligence (AI) use in dermatology is primed to become a powerful tool in skin cancer assessment, but it remains to be seen how diagnostic devices in dermatology will influence decision making in the clinic and affect patient outcomes, according to the authors of a perspective published online today by the Medical Journal of Australia, according to MedicalXpress.
Read MoreSpeaking Out About the Future of Skin Cancer Treatment
In a podcast, CURE spoke to Brauer, a spokesperson for the Skin Cancer Foundation, about the current treatment strategies in skin cancer, and how immunotherapy and targeted agents have been a “game-changer” for those with advanced disease.
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Patients Appear Receptive to Use of Artificial Intelligence for Skin Cancer Screening
Patients appear open to the idea of using artificial intelligence (AI) to help in screening for skin cancer. However, many patients stress the need to preserve the patient-physician relationship if implemented, according to study results published in JAMA Dermatology, CureToday reports.
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Does Sunscreen Prevent You From Tanning?
Does sunscreen prevent tanning? If you’re using it right, it should. And that’s not a bad thing, according to dermatologists, in Parade.
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Parents Report They May Not Be Properly Protecting Their Children from the Sun
While the majority of parents recognize the importance of sunscreen, they may not always use best practices to protect children from getting burned, a new national poll suggests, per a news release.
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UV, Sex, and Age Contribute to Melanoma Tumor Evolution
Although ultraviolet (UV) radiation damage and clock-like mutations associated with cell division contribute to melanoma risk, sex, and age may represent the final mutational composition of skin cancer, according to study research published in the British Journal of Dermatology, Dermatology Advisor reports.
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What is ‘Tantouring?’ Why Dermatologists Warn Against This Harmful Tanning Trend
Whatever you do, don’t do this, dermatologists warn, in Health.
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According to Derms, Wearing a Mask Provides This Anti-Aging Benefit
One positive side effect [Denver, Colo-based dermatologist Joel Cohen, MD, has] found during the COVID-19 era: Wearing a mask—that exact same cloth face covering the CDC recommends for slowing the spread of the virus—provides a level of sun-safety, according to NewBeauty.
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Skin Advice Derms Give Their Own Teens
To provide the best of both worlds—the expert, insider advice without the parental opinion or commentary baked-in—Seventeen magazine asked four skin gurus-slash-guardians about the most important wisdom they’ve handed down to their teens and 20-somethings.
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Minimal Link Between Eczema and Most Cancers
Atopic eczema wasn’t tied to a significantly increased risk for most cancers, according to research from England and Denmark, MedPage Today reports.
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Q&A: LGBTQ+ Patients Require Specific, Specialized Dermatological Care
Healio spoke with Howa Yeung, MD, assistant professor of dermatology at Emory University School of Medicine, regarding how dermatology practitioners can be best prepared to care for their LGBTQ+ patients.
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