Adam Friedman, MD, FAAD, pays a visit to the Dermcast.tv studio for informative discussion about Supportive Oncodermatology, a lesser known field of medicine that can facilitate improved awareness of dermatologic toxicities and research efforts, with the mutual goal of maximizing quality of life and optimizing utilization of potentially life-prolonging anticancer interventions.
Patients with psoriasis are at increased risk of certain cancers and there are questions about the contribution of long-term use of biologic and immune modulatory therapies to the risk factors. A roundtable was convened to look at questions around the association between cancer and psoriasis and to make clinical observations and recommendations based on published …
Day 2 of the SDPA Summer Conference ended with an illuminating lecture on eyelid malignancies by Dr. Michael Yen, an oculoplastic surgeon. The most common eyelid malignancy is basal cell cancer representing 95% of eyelid malignancies. Suspicious characteristics for eyelid malignancies include growth, lid notching, ulceration, telangiectasias and deepening pigmentation. Madarosis, or loss of eyelashes, …