IMN || Dermatology

Substantial delay seen in melanoma surgery for Medicare patients

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 20:15

DENVER – As many as 25% of Medicare patients with melanoma will experience treatment delays of up to 1.5 months, and 18% may have treatment delays as long as 3 months after a lesion is biopsied,...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Challenge-test physical urticaria patients to verify triggers

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 19:30

SAN DIEGO – Approximately one-quarter of patients diagnosed with physical urticaria actually responded when challenged, based on data from a study conducted at the National Institutes of Health....

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

What’s old is new again for actinic keratoses treatment

Posted on: 31/03/2014 - 23:00

DENVER – Changes in health insurance coverage are prompting a resurgence in the use of 5-fluorouracil to treat actinic keratoses, according to Dr. Linda Susan Marcus. Not only is 5-fluorouracil...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Ustekinumab again linked to cardiovascular events

Posted on: 28/03/2014 - 17:05

WAIKOLOA, HAWAII – The anti-interleukin-12/23 biologic agents ustekinumab and briakinumab were associated with a statistically significant 4.23-fold increased risk of major adverse cardiac events in...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Melanomas were less invasive at diagnosis in patients with established dermatologist

Posted on: 27/03/2014 - 13:00

People diagnosed with melanoma were significantly more likely to have melanoma in situ and to have thinner invasive melanomas if they had a regular dermatologist, compared with those who did not have...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Melanomas were less invasive at diagnosis in patients with established dermatologist

Posted on: 27/03/2014 - 13:00

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Battlefield lessons improve treatment of traumatic scars

Posted on: 25/03/2014 - 20:50

DENVER – Military dermatologists have played an active role in helping wounded warriors with their scars, and those physicians’ practices, including the use of ablative fractional resurfacing, are...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Psoriatic pruritus improves with TrkA-blocking drug

Posted on: 25/03/2014 - 20:05

An investigational topical drug that targets a nerve sensitization pathway showed good efficacy against chronic itch in patients with pruritic psoriasis. CT327 works by inhibiting the kinase pathway...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Tofacitinib found noninferior to etanercept for treating psoriasis

Posted on: 25/03/2014 - 17:10

DENVER – Key results from a phase III trial found that an investigational Janus kinase inhibitor was noninferior to a biologic agent for treating psoriasis. During a late-breaking session at the...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Novel agent for papulopustular rosacea found safe, effective in phase III trials

Posted on: 23/03/2014 - 19:50

DENVER – Ivermectin 1% cream applied once daily was effective and safe in treating patients with moderate to severe papulopustular rosacea, based on data from a pair of phase III studies. Ivermectin...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

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