Sheila Jacobs

The development of asthma was found to be associated with an increased risk for subsequent cancer.

Multivariate logistic regression analyses were utilized by researchers to evaluate the effect of MC1R and melanoma risk in men vs women.

After adjusting for confounding factors,a significantly decreased risk for subsequent AD was reported among patients with malignant melanoma.

Investigators sought to compare the prognostic value of sentinel lymph node status vs Breslow thickness in patients with cutaneous melanoma.

The likelihood for development of cutaneous melanoma may be greater for individuals with iris pigmented lesions, according to a study.

AJCC8 tumor classification demonstrated significantly superior homogeneity and monotonicity to AJCC7 tumor classification.

Investigators sought to evaluate whether age is associated with risk for immune-related adverse events among patients with metastatic melanoma treated with immunotherapy.

Patients presenting with lesions with shiny white streaks on dermoscopy should undergo biopsy for possible melanoma.

Transplant recipients developed squamous cell carcinomas that did not appear to behave more aggressively than those that developed in the immunocompetent group.