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Alopecia may be permanent in one in four pediatric HSCT patients
Diffuse hair thinning and psoriasis were among the late dermatologic effects in children who had received a hematopoietic stem cell transplant in...
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What’s on the dermatopathologist’s wish list
NEW YORK – Tips to provide the best biopsy specimens possible include avoiding curettage of melanocytic lesions.
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When – and how – to do a full-thickness graft repair
NEW YORK – Skin grafts are an attractive option for reconstruction after Mohs surgery.
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When the painful ‘bumps’ are calciphylaxis, what’s next?
NEW YORK – Calciphylaxis is an underrecognized crystal deposition disease that’s associated with panniculitis.
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Clues to drug adulteration may lie skin deep
Physicians should maintain a high index of suspicion and realize that the first signs of adulterated drugs may appear on the skin.
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How to get through the tough talks about alopecia areata
CHICAGO – Set the temptation to hurry aside.
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New one-time treatment for head lice found safe for children
CHICAGO - More help is on the way for little itchy heads.
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Quality of life preserved with ribociclib + letrozole for advanced breast cancer
CHICAGO – Health-related quality of life for patients on the combination therapy was equivalent to that of patients on monotherapy in most aspects...
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Dacomitinib boosts PFS in advanced NSCLC
CHICAGO – In a phase III trial, the dacomitinib arm had triple the PFS rate of the gefitinib arm (30.6% versus 9.6%) at 2 years.
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Is female genital cosmetic surgery going mainstream?
While ob.gyns. figure out their role, the number of labiaplasties being performed is rising fast.
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Female genital mutilation is seen by most ob.gyns.
SAN DIEGO – Cases of female genital mutilation are not as rare as you might think.
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VIDEO: Immune therapy effective, durable in treatment-naive melanoma brain metastases
CHICAGO – For patients with asymptomatic brain metastases from melanoma who had not had prior treatment, nivolumab combined with ipilimumab...
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EMEUNET tailors EULAR experience for young rheumatologists
Besides dedicated sessions for younger rheumatologists, there are networking events, guidance for first-time attendees, and opportunities for...
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VIDEO: Immunotherapy ups disease control rate in relapsed mesothelioma
CHICAGO – Early data from a phase II trial of immune checkpoint inhibitors to treat relapsed mesothelioma give hope that immunotherapy may be an...
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VIDEO: Routine genomic testing identifies actionable alterations in 52% of tumors
CHICAGO – A trend was observed in longer overall survival among those patients who received recommended treatments.