Primary Care

Melanoma/Skin Cancer

Questions discussed in this category

In your experience, what has been the most effective form of field therapy for your patients with higher burdens of actinic keratoses?

And what factors push you towards the selection of a specific treatment modality?

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What is your treatment algorithm for actinic cheilitis?

What topical therapies have you found most effective? Have you found laser therapy to be effective?

1 Answer available

Is narrow-band ultraviolet B (nbUVB) phototherapy contraindicated or recommended with caution in patients with a personal history of melanoma?

4 Answers available

How frequently do you recommend skin cancer screens in your patients with kidney transplants who are on immunosuppression?

3 Answers available

How do you determine which patients you prescribe 5-fluorouracil vs 5-fluorouracil with calcipotriene for actinic field disease?

Do you favor one treatment over the other? Do you find one treatment more effective than the other?

3 Answers available

How do you approach patients with malignant melanoma who are disease free on immunotherapy for over 3 years?

1 Answer available

What oral therapies do you most commonly recommend for skin cancer prevention?

1 Answer available

Is close observation a reasonable option for elderly patients with a small basal cell carcinoma of the face?

1 Answer available

What is your treatment approach to patients with confluent actinic keratoses on lower extremities?

Does topical 5FU cause eruptive keratoacanthomas or have any other concerning side effects?

2 Answers available

What prescription or over-the-counter therapies do you recommend for patients with side effects from vismodegib?

Have you had success with therapies such as L- carnitine and other remedies?

1 Answer available

What type of surveillance would you recommend following resection of primary mucinous carcinoma of the skin?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2014-01

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas of the lower extremity: a distinct subset of squamous cell carcinomas.

Dermatol Ther (Heidelb), 2015 Aug 25

5-Fluorouracil "Chemowraps" in the Treatment of Multiple Actinic Keratoses: A Norwich Experience.

JAAD Case Rep, 2021 Aug 18

Eruptive keratoacanthomas secondary to topical 5-fluorouracil application.

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2023 Dec 07

Incidence and profile of skin cancers in patients following ultraviolet phototherapy without psoralens: A retrospective cohort study.

JAMA dermatology, 2020 May 01

Evaluation for Skin Cancer and Precancer in Patients With Vitiligo Treated With Long-term Narrowband UV-B Phototherapy.

Photodermatology, photoimmunology & photomedicine, 2023 Dec 07

Frequency of skin cancer among psoriasis, vitiligo, and mycosis fungoides patients treated with narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy.

Clinical and experimental dermatology, 2024 Apr 23

Methotrexate did not add skin cancer risk in patients with psoriasis receiving narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy: a nationwide retrospective cohort study.

Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation, 2019 Oct 07

Predicting skin cancer in organ transplant recipients: development of the SUNTRAC screening tool using data from a multicenter cohort study.

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