Featuring Todd Cartee, MD Mohs surgeon Dr. Cartee provided a comprehensive overview of cutaneous oncology in one of the afternoon breakout sessions. Incidence of non-melanoma skin cancers is increasing in patients under 40 years of age in the US. High risk basal cell cancers include micronodular, infiltrating and morpheaform subtypes. Morpheaform basal cell carcinomas tend …
Featuring Ginette Okoye, MD and Temitayo Ogunleye, MD Saturday morning began with an enlightening conversation with Dr. Ginette Okoye and Dr. Temitayo Ogunleye reviewing medical literature on skin of color. While this is improving, Dr. Okoye mentioned “ there is not a lot of great research in skin of color”. Dr. Ogunleye presented a review …
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, …
Statin drugs, used to combat high cholesterol, are a commonly used drug in the United States. As the use of statins continues to rise, so too does the incidence of melanoma and keratinocyte carcinomas (KCs), which include squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Some studies have noted that certain cellular mechanisms that …
Much attention is paid to avoiding UV exposure during leisure time to prevent cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), but a recent study looked at whether outdoor workers might be even more at risk. The study was a multi-center population-based case–control study that applied UV-exposure estimation methods to examine the association between occupational and nonoccupational UV …