Gerald Saldanha, FRCPath; Jeremy Yarrow, BSc; Somaia Elsheikh, FRCPath; et al.
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JAMA Dermatol. 2019;155(8):890-898. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2019.0621
This cohort study investigates the precision and prognostic value of calculated tumor area among patients with cutaneous malignant melanoma.
Anna M. Morenz, BA; Siobhan Wescott, MD, MPH; Arash Mostaghimi, MD, MPA, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Dermatol. 2019;155(8):899-905. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2019.0872
This study describes the scarcity of dermatological services and practitioners as well as community infrastructures or resources for American Indian people who live in isolated areas in the United States.
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Barriers to Telehealth Programs and Dermatological Care for American Indian Communities
John G. Albertini, MD; Peiqi Wang, MD, MPH; Christine Fahim, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Dermatol. 2019;155(8):906-913. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2019.1259
This nonrandomized controlled intervention study compares Mohs micrographic surgery use by US surgeons who received confidential reports including stages-per-case performance data benchmarked to their peers nationally with physicians who did not receive these reports.
Mbathio Dieng, PhD; Amelia K. Smit, MPH; Jolyn Hersch, PhD; et al.
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has audio
JAMA Dermatol. 2019;155(8):914-921. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2019.0434
This qualitative interview study explored the views of patients with localized melanoma regarding skin self-examination as well as their attitudes toward using novel digital technologies to support skin self-examination.
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Patients鈥� Views About Self-examination After Treatment for Localized Melanoma
Solam Lee, MD; Young Bin Lee, MD; Beom Jun Kim, MD; et al.
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JAMA Dermatol. 2019;155(8):922-928. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2019.0629
Using the National Health Insurance Service database and National Death Registry of Korea, this cohort study investigates all-cause and cause-specific mortality to estimate risk in patients with alopecia areata compared with a control group.
Ji Hae Lee, MD, PhD; Hyuck Sun Kwon, MD; Han Mi Jung, MD; et al.
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JAMA Dermatol. 2019;155(8):929-938. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2019.0696
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates studies on the use of topical calcineurin inhibitors for treatment of vitiligo in adults and children.
Myrela O. Machado, MD; Vicky Stergiopoulos, MD; Michael Maes, MD; et al.
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JAMA Dermatol. 2019;155(8):939-945. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2019.0759
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates 10 observational studies to assess the prevalence of depression and anxiety in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa and the odds of these psychiatric disorders in this population.