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Treating High Stage cSCC: Better Results With Mohs Surgery vs Wide Local Excision, Study Finds
These data support Mohs surgery as being the preferred surgical treatment option for high-stage cSCC, according to the study’s lead author.
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Study Finds Immunosuppression Affects Risk for Poor Outcomes in Patients with cSCC
Even though immunosuppression is strongly associated with an increased risk for cSCC, studies to date have generally not shown it to be an...
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Study Finds Injuries, Stress Levels Increased Among Mohs Surgeons
The literature is limited concerning work-associated stressors among Mohs surgeons.
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Reimbursement for Mohs Surgery Not Keeping Up With Health Care Costs
The study found that all CPT codes experienced a decline when compared with their inflation-adjusted values.
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Merkel Cell: Immunotherapy Not Used for Many Patients With Metastatic Disease
In the study, those who received immunotherapy had a 35% decrease in the risk for death per year compared with those who did not.
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Use of Radiotherapy for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Increasing, Study Finds
“There has been recent growth in the use of radiotherapy despite this being a secondary option in skin cancer, primarily when surgery is...
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Post–Mohs Surgery Opioid Prescribing More Common in Some Patient Groups
This report represents the largest analysis to date of opioid prescribing after dermatologic surgery, according to one of the authors.
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High rate of subsequent cancers in MCC
Patients with cutaneous Merkel cell carcinoma face a higher risk of developing other primary cancers
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New evidence suggests genetic risk factors in hidradenitis suppurativa
Two new studies provide better understanding of the genetic factors that may underlie pathogenesis of this inflammatory skin condition.
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Study supports new NCCN classification for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
The high- and very-high-risk groups in the NCCN guidelines identify SCCs at greatest risk for developing poor outcomes.
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Warts difficult to eradicate in immunocompromised children
Warts completely resolved with treatment in only 24% of children undergoing active cancer treatment.
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Doctors treat osteoporosis with hormone therapy against guidelines
Some postmenopausal women may be appropriate candidates for the use of hormone therapy for the prevention of osteoporosis and fractures.
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NY radiation oncologist loses license, poses ‘potential danger’
“He is a danger to potential new patients should he be reinstated as a radiation oncologist,” members of the New York Board for Professional...
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Twitter storm over ‘reprehensible behavior’ at conference podium
“It’s a teachable moment & the lesson is simple: be kind to ur colleagues.”
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City of Hope completes acquisition of CTCA
With the addition of the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, the group will have 575 physicians and more than 11,000 employees boosting patient...