Conference Coverage

Late-breaking research presented at AAD on Saturday February 17

Publish date: February 13, 2018

 

Dermatology News will be on site later this week at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology in San Diego. Look for the latest news and video interviews from the meeting in medical, surgical, and aesthetic dermatology at edermatologynews.com starting Friday February 16.

Coverage will include the late-breaker sessions, which will be presented on Saturday February 17.

The waterfront skyline of San Diego. f11photo/Thinkstock

The 2018 AAD annual meeting will take place in San Diego.

Presentations during the late breaker on clinical trials include phase 1 and 2 data on investigational therapies for atopic dermatitis. Another late-breaking session on procedural dermatology will include presentations on therapies for axillary hyperhidrosis, alopecia, acne, and rosacea.

Check out another late-breaking session – on basic science, cutaneous oncology, and pathology – which will include presentations on the growing burden of melanoma, the incidence of Merkel cell carcinoma in the United States, and the inverse genetic risk between vitiligo and cutaneous melanoma.

Find out more about these and other sessions at the official 2018 AAD Annual Meeting’s page.

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