DermatologistsBlog.com eInterview with: Jennifer A. Stein, MD, PhD Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine 240 E 38 St, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10016. DermatologistsBlog.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Stein: We describe a series of elderly Caucasian women with long-standing actinic damage, pruritus and prurigo nodules who subsequently developed [...]
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Keratoacanthomas arising in association with prurigo nodules in pruritic, actinically damaged skin
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Posted by admin on May 20, 2013
http://dermatologistsblog.com/skin-cancer/keratoacanthomas-arising-in-association-with-prurigo-nodules-in-pruritic-actinically-damaged-skin/
Sex-Related Location of Head and Neck Melanoma Strongly Argues for a Major Role of Sun Exposure in Cars and Photoprotection by Hair
DermatologistsBlog.com eInterview with: Dr Candice Lesage Service de Dermatologie Hôpital Robert Debré, CHU de Reims Avenue du Général Koenig Reims Cedex 51092, France. DermatologistsBlog.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Lesage: This work allowed us to enlighten major findings. First, we demonstrated a clear-cut sex-related distribution of HNM between a central and [...]
Posted by admin on May 7, 2013
http://dermatologistsblog.com/skin-cancer/sex-related-location-of-head-and-neck-melanoma-strongly-argues-for-a-major-role-of-sun-exposure-in-cars-and-photoprotection-by-hair/
Treatment of Nonfatal Conditions at the End of Life Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
DermatologistsBlog.com eInterview with Dr. Eleni Linos MD DrPH Assistant Professor of Dermatology University of California San Francisco DermatologistsBlog.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Linos: We found that currently, treatment decisions for non-melanoma skin cancer are not tailored to individual patients. Specifically, frail elderly patients near the end of life, have the [...]
Posted in Author Interviews, Skin Cancer
Posted by admin on April 29, 2013
http://dermatologistsblog.com/skin-cancer/treatment-of-nonfatal-conditions-at-the-end-of-life-nonmelanoma-skin-cancer/
Use of Sun Protection by Melanoma Patients
DermatologistsBlog.com eInterview with Anees B. Chagpar, MD, MSc, MPH, MA, FRCS(C), FACS Associate Professor, Department of SurgeryDirector, The Breast Center — Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New HavenAssistant Director for Diversity and Health Equity, Yale Comprehensive Cancer CenterProgram Director, Yale Interdisciplinary Breast FellowshipYale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06510 Email: anees.chagpar@yale.edu DermatologistsBlog.com: What are [...]
Posted by admin on April 11, 2013
http://dermatologistsblog.com/tanning-booths/use-of-sun-protection-by-melanoma-patients/
BRAF mutational epidemiology in dysplastic nevi: Does different solar UV radiation exposure matter?
DermatologistsBlog.com Interview with Ibrahim Khalifeh, M.D., A.B.D. Assistant ProfessorGeneral, Cytopathology and DermatopathologyAmerican University of Beirut Medical CenterBeirut, Lebanon 1107 2020 Dr. Khalifeh: The points I would like to highlight in our retrospective study: - This study is considered by far the largest series of BRAF analysis in dysplastic nevi. Our study is composed of 125 cases. [...]
Posted by admin on March 27, 2013
http://dermatologistsblog.com/skin-cancer/braf-mutational-epidemiology-in-dysplastic-nevi-does-different-solar-uv-radiation-exposure-matter/
A new 12-gene diagnostic biomarker signature of melanoma revealed by integrated microarray analysis
DermatologistsBlog.com Interview with: Desmond J. Tobin PhD FRCPath FSB Professor of Cell Biology & Centre for Skin Sciences (Director) School of Life Sciences (Room J20) University of Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1DP, Great Britain DermatologistsBlog.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Tobin: When we examined the melanoma literature we were very [...]
Posted in Author Interviews, Melanoma
Posted by admin on March 21, 2013
http://dermatologistsblog.com/skin-cancer/melanoma/a-new-12-gene-diagnostic-biomarker-signature-of-melanoma-revealed-by-integrated-microarray-analysis/
IgG4 subclass antibodies impair antitumor immunity in melanoma
DermatologistsBlog.com: Interview with Sophia N Karagiannis Dr. Sophia N. Karagiannis Senior Research Fellow In Translational Cancer Immunology, Head Of Cancer Antibody Discovery And Immunotherapy Cutaneous Medicine and Immunotherapy Unit St. John’s Institute of Dermatology Division of Genetics and Molecular Medicine King’s College London School of Medicine Guy’s Hospital London SE1 9RT DermatologistsBlog.com: What are the [...]
Posted by admin on March 8, 2013
http://dermatologistsblog.com/skin-cancer/igg4-subclass-antibodies-impair-antitumor-immunity-in-melanoma/
A variant in FTO shows association with melanoma risk not due to BMI
DermatologistsBlog.com Author Interview: Dr Mark Iles Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, UK DermatologistsBlog.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Iles: That FTO, the gene most strongly associated with obesity and BMI, contains variants associated with risk of malignant melanoma. DermatologistsBlog.com: Were any [...]
Posted in Melanoma, Skin Cancer
Posted by admin on March 5, 2013
http://dermatologistsblog.com/skin-cancer/a-variant-in-fto-shows-association-with-melanoma-risk-not-due-to-bmi/
Prevalence of BRAF and NRAS mutations in fast growing melanomas
DermatologistsBlog.com Author Interview: Dr. Eduardo Nagore Department of Dermatology Instituto Valenciano de Oncología 46009 Valencia Spain DermatologistsBlog.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Nagore: Around 20% of melanomas grow very fast, i.e. increasing in depth more than 0,5 mm per month. This subset of melanomas has been demonstrated to have worse prognosis [...]
Posted by admin on March 5, 2013
http://dermatologistsblog.com/skin-cancer/prevalence-of-braf-and-nras-mutations-in-fast-growing-melanomas/
Low-dose high-dose-rate brachytherapy in the treatment of facial lesions of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
DermatologistsBlog.com Author Interview: Jennifer A. DeSimone, MD FAAD Department of Dermatology Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Emmanuella Guenova, M.D., Ph.D. Harvard Skin Disease Research Center Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Dermatology Boston, MA 02115 DermatologistsBlog.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Guenova: We found [...]
Posted by admin on February 28, 2013
http://dermatologistsblog.com/skin-cancer/low-dose-high-dose-rate-brachytherapy-in-the-treatment-of-facial-lesions-of-cutaneous-t-cell-lymphoma/
Practices of Unregulated Tanning Facilities in Missouri: Implications for Statewide Legislation
DermatologistsBlog.com Author Interview: Brundha Balaraman, MD Division of Dermatology Washington University School of Medicine DermatologistsBlog.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Balaraman: We conducted a statewide survey of randomly selected tanning facilities in Missouri. In total, we surveyed 243 facilities, twice each, to determine intra-salon consistency of information provided to potential clients [...]
Posted by admin on February 26, 2013
http://dermatologistsblog.com/tanning-booths/practices-of-unregulated-tanning-facilities-in-missouri-implications-for-statewide-legislation/
Recurrence Rates of Aggressive Histologic Types of Basal Cell Carcinoma After Treatment with Electrodesiccation and Curettage Alone
DermatologistsBlog.com Author Interview: David D. Nelsen, MD Dermatology Chief Resident, Marshfield Clinic DermatologistsBlog.com What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Nelsen : The study found a 27% recurrence rate for histologically aggressive basal cell carcinomas (BCC) treated by electrodesiccation and curettage (EDC) alone with a median 6.5 years of follow-up. DermatologistsBlog.com: Were any [...]
Posted by admin on February 26, 2013
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