Melanoma
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Experts: EPA should assess risk of sunscreens’ UV filters
The assessment is urgently needed and the results should be shared with the Food and Drug Administration, the experts said.
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FDA acts against sales of unapproved mole and skin tag products on Amazon, other sites
Warning letters sent to three companies address possible violations from selling unapproved drugs for mole and skin tag removal.
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Amazon involved with new cancer vaccine clinical trial
The trial is aimed at finding “personalized vaccines” to treat breast cancer and melanoma, a form of skin cancer.
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Pembrolizumab for melanoma bittersweet, doctor says
“Until we can further define who the highest-risk patients are, I think it’s hard to give it to everyone,” one doctor says.
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Quality of life benefit exaggerated in some cancer studies
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Melanoma incidence is up, but death rates are down
“This is very encouraging data and represents the real-world effectiveness of these therapies.”
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Surgical site infections not increased in immunocompromised patients after Mohs surgery
Mohs surgery is increasingly being performed for patients who are immunosuppressed because of their higher incidence of skin cancer and higher...
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Mohs surgery in the elderly: The dilemma of when to treat
“The take-home point for me is to treat your whole patient, not just the tumor.”
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Bupivacaine following Mohs surgery reduces opioid use, study finds
Recent research has shown that Mohs micrographic surgeons have the highest rates of opioid prescribing of all dermatologists.
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Experts urge stopping melanoma trial because of failure and harm
Immunotherapy combo fails in BRAF V60–mutated melanoma. Results suggest its time to abandon combination of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors with BRAF and MEK...