Dermatology
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Lebrikizumab gets European nod for treating moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis
Lebrikizumab remains under review in the United States.
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Diagnosing patients with sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis should always be part of the differential when you see lymphopenia.
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Lower-extremity lymphedema associated with more skin cancer risk
This is the first large-scale study evaluating the association between LE lymphedema and LE skin cancer.
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TNF blockers not associated with poorer pregnancy outcomes
Patients with rheumatic disease who continued TNF blockers during their pregnancy did not have an increased risk of worse fetal and maternal...
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Actinic keratoses may predict skin cancers in older adults
AKs have been associated with a small risk for cutaneous SCC, but associations with risk for other skin cancers have not been well studied.
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Incipient ulceration may affect prognosis in primary melanoma
“Future editions of the AJCC staging system should consider acknowledging this interpretive challenge and provide guidance on how primary...
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Multiple basal cell carcinomas
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AAD updates guidelines for managing AD with phototherapy and systemic therapies
The work group recommended the inclusion of active comparator arms in randomized, controlled trials as new systemic therapies continue to be...
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Specialty-trained pathologists more likely to make higher-grade diagnoses for melanocytic lesions
A total of 338 pathologists were included in the exploratory analysis; 225 were dermatopathologists.
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Prurigo nodularis diagnosis delay in skin of color gains added significance
Given the expanding array of therapies, the message of considering prurigo nodularis in Black patients in order to accelerate the time to...
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The challenges of palmoplantar pustulosis and other acral psoriatic disease
Dermatologists are using a variety of treatments for palmoplantar pustulosis, with no clear first-line choices.