Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
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Obesity and Cancer: Untangling a Complex Web
Is gaining weight later in life better or worse for cancer risk than being overweight or obese from a young age?
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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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Does More Systemic Treatment for Advanced Cancer Improve Survival?
Researchers evaluate whether patients treated in practices with higher rates of systemic therapy for very advanced disease have longer survival....
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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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Subcutaneous Antifibrinolytic Reduces Bleeding After Mohs Surgery
Researchers examined the impact of off-label, locally injected tranexamic acid on postoperative bleeding outcomes following Mohs surgery.
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Urine Tests Could Be ‘Enormous Step’ in Diagnosing Cancer
Cancer biomarkers in urine are not nearly as widely studied as those in the blood, but a new wave of urine tests suggests research is gaining pace...
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Exploring Skin Pigmentation Adaptation: A Systematic Review on the Vitamin D Adaptation Hypothesis
Adaptations in genetics of skin pigmentation and vitamin D metabolism due to anthropologic patterns of migration to northern latitudes may help...