ONCR || Melanoma & Skin Cancers

FDA advisers want more data on sunscreen safety

Posted on: 05/09/2014 - 20:40

SILVER SPRING, MD. – The widespread and long-term use of sunscreens demands that manufacturers provide more long-term safety data and information on how the active ingredients affect the health of...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Psoriasis patients post above-average cancer rates

Posted on: 22/08/2014 - 18:55

CHICAGO – Malignancy rates in patients with psoriasis outstrip those in the general population, based on data from a retrospective analysis of commercial claims. Rates for all cancers were similar...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Psoriasis patients post above-average cancer rates

Posted on: 22/08/2014 - 18:55

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Surgeon General: Tanning, indoor tanning must stop

Posted on: 29/07/2014 - 19:50

The U.S. Surgeon General’s office is calling on Americans to do more to help prevent skin cancer, saying that it is a growing public health problem. The five-point call to action singled out...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Surgeon General: Tanning, indoor tanning must stop

Posted on: 29/07/2014 - 19:50

The U.S. Surgeon General’s office is calling on Americans to do more to help prevent skin cancer, saying that it is a growing public health problem. The five-point call to action singled out...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

High rate of durable responses to pembrolizumab in metastatic melanoma

Posted on: 03/06/2014 - 19:35

CHICAGO – The investigational targeted agent pembrolizumab induced durable treatment responses in a high percentage of patients with advanced metastatic melanoma, in a phase I study. Of 411...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Consumer Reports: Sunscreen SPF claims largely inaccurate

Posted on: 21/05/2014 - 18:15

An analysis of 20 sunscreens by Consumer Reports found that only two provided the SPF protection claimed on the label. The analysis – and rating of overall performance of those sunscreens – was...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Nonmelanoma skin cancer linked to increased fracture risk in postmenopausal women

Posted on: 14/05/2014 - 18:10

ALBUQUERQUE – Postmenopausal women who reported a history of nonmelanoma skin cancer were almost 16% more likely to sustain a lower arm fracture than were women without a skin cancer history,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Nonmelanoma skin cancer linked to increased fracture risk in postmenopausal women

Posted on: 14/05/2014 - 18:10

ALBUQUERQUE – Postmenopausal women who reported a history of nonmelanoma skin cancer were almost 16% more likely to sustain a lower arm fracture than were women without a skin cancer history,...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Cutaneous erythema predicted low-dose alemtuzumab response in leukemic cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

Posted on: 23/04/2014 - 21:00

In patients with leukemic cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, diffuse cutaneous erythema without plaques or tumors predicted complete remission with low-dose alemtuzumab therapy, investigators reported online...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

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