Dose-Response Link Between Tanning Bed Use, Skin Cancer
The association between tanning bed use and skin cancer is greater for those who use tanning beds during high school or college.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Skin Cancer Frequency in Chronic Leg Ulcers >10 Percent
Frequency high enough to consider systematic wound biopsy for treatment-refractory ulcers
Staying Safe in the Sun
Help your patients learn what they can do to protect themselves from skin cancer with this patient fact sheet.
Melanoma treatment creates risk of secondary skin cancer
Investigators have discovered why the pill Zelboraf (vemurafenib), effective against melanoma, may also cause the development of a secondary skin cancer: squamous cell carcinoma.
Erivedge Approved to Treat Basal Cell Carinoma
Erivedge (vismodegib) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat the most common form of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma, the agency said Monday.
ACS annual report says cancer mortality is decreasing
Cancer incidence rates in men declined by 0.6% per year and remained stable in women and cancer mortality fell by 1.8% per year for men and by 1.6% per year for women between 2004 and 2008.
Cutaneous melanoma begets cutaneous melanoma
Continued skin surveillance is important for survivors of cutaneous melanoma (CM), indicate findings showing that this is the most common second primary cancer among persons with a first CM.
Gene sequencing can match patients to best cancer trials
Identifying the “mutational landscape” of a person’s cancer is a promising method of determining which trials are best-suited to the patient’s particular case.
Laser therapy may be an option in removal of premalignant skin lesions
When surgery or radiation therapy cannot be used to remove the common precancerous skin lesion lentigo maligna, carbon dioxide laser ablation may be a useful alternative.
New treatments are improving outcomes in melanoma
Targeted therapy, combination therapies, vaccines, and new treatment modalities demonstrate promising prognoses for these patients.
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