Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
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VIDEO: Updating the immune response to nonmelanoma skin cancer
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Intradermal ALA-PDT linked to long-term remission in BCC
Key clinical point: Intralesional 5-ALA-PDT is a potential alternative to Mohs micrographic surgery for treating basal cell carcinomas in high-...
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Laser-enhanced 5-FU scores with squamous cell, basal cell patients
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RNA sequencing characterized high-risk squamous cell carcinomas
Key clinical point: Squamous cell carcinomas from organ transplant recipients showed a more aggressive molecular profile than did those from...
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Ionizing radiation linked to BCC
Key clinical point: Ionizing radiation therapy significantly increased risk of basal cell carcinoma, especially when patients were younger or were...
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Biopsy can underestimate diversity, aggressiveness of basal cell carcinomas
Key clinical point: Definitive excision by Mohs micrographic surgery reveals more information about basal cell carcinoma subtypes and tumor...
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Vismodegib offers promise for basal cell carcinoma, with caveats
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Anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions cleared in 42% of gay men
Key clinical point: Watchful waiting may be an option for gay men with anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions if the lesion is not HPV...
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Nonmelanoma skin cancer linked to increased fracture risk in postmenopausal women
Key clinical point: A history of nonmelanoma skin cancer may predispose patients to bone fractures.Major finding: Incident lower arm fracture was...
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Infrared detector distinguished malignant and benign skin lesions
Major finding: Malignant skin lesions (basal cell carcinomas, squamous cell carcinomas, and malignant melanomas) were distinguished from benign...
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Aggressive secondary squamous carcinoma appeared during BRAF inhibitor targeted therapy
Major finding: A woman undergoing BRAF inhibitor targeted therapy for advanced melanoma has presented with invasive spindle cell squamous...