Melanoma
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Soon-to-be medical student awarded $10K after spotting melanoma
“The mole on the back of your neck is possibly cancerous. Please go see a doctor!”
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High-fiber diet may improve melanoma immunotherapy response, outcomes
Previous research has suggested that the microbiome can influence patients’ response to immunotherapy.
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Skin imaging working group releases first guidelines for AI algorithms used in dermatology
The goal of these guidelines is to “create higher-quality reporting of dataset and algorithm characteristics for dermatology AI.”
Rare Diseases Report 2021
Metastatic uveal melanoma: New drugs in pipeline, but prognoses remain grim
As many as 50% of patients with this form of eye cancer develop tumors elsewhere.
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FDA expands pembrolizumab approval for advanced melanoma
Approval was based on first interim findings from the randomized, placebo-controlled KEYNOTE-716 trial, which evaluated patients with stage IIB...
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‘Highest survival’ with combo immunotherapy in advanced melanoma
The results represent the longest median overall survival seen in a phase 3 trial of advanced melanoma.
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Differences in response to immunotherapy in men versus women
It remains unclear whether the increased risk for death in women is a result of treatment side effects or lack of efficacy.
Opinion
Improving statewide reporting of melanoma cases
Dermatology is unique in that our pathology specimens are not routinely passed through a hospital pathology laboratory.
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AI: Skin of color underrepresented in datasets used to identify skin cancer
“There was massive underrepresentation of skin lesion images from darker-skinned populations,” the authors wrote.
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Dogs show potential as medical detectives in breast cancer
First preliminary study indicating the feasibility of developing a new breast cancer screening method using urine samples based on volatile...
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Skin checks reduce all-cause but not melanoma-specific deaths
Routine skin checks, a surrogate for skin-cancer screening, did not outperform patient self-examination at detecting lesions.