Beyond the Digest: October 2024

Beyond the Digest are bonus episodes to the DermSurgery Digest that include reviews of interesting and relevant articles from the Journal of the American Medical Association Dermatology and the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Articles featured in this episode include: 

• Standardizing Retrospective Observational Research in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Expert Panel Guidelines from ITSCC. JAMA Dermatology
• Advancing Research in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma — Precision Management Requires Precision Data. JAMA Dermatology
• Previous Radiotherapy Increases the Efficacy of Cemiplimab in the Treatment of Locally Advanced and Metastatic Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Retrospective Analysis. JAAD
• Exploring the Germline Genetics of In Situ and Invasive Cutaneous Melanoma. JAMA Dermatology
• Does the Germline Genome Encode for the Invasiveness of a Cutaneous Melanoma? JAMA Dermatology
• Aesthetic Outcome of Running Subcuticular Suture Versus Running Horizontal Mattress Suture in Closure of Linear Wounds of the Trunk and Extremities: A Randomized Evaluator-blinded Split-wound Comparative Effectiveness Trial. JAAD
• Incidence of Suicide Among Melanoma and Nonkeratinocyte Skin Cancer Patients in the United States, 2000-2020. JAAD

Beyond the Digest Contributors include Naomi Lawrence, MD, Dermatologic Surgery Digital Content Editor; Yesul Kim, MD, Beyond the Digest Co-host; Ami Greene, MD; Tara Jennings, MD; Sydney Proffer, MD; and Katie Shahwan, MD.

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