Hao Feng, MD, MHS; Paula Wu, BS; Marie Leger, MD, PhD
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JAMA Dermatol. 2016;152(12):1307-1313. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2016.3037
This study analyzes the US Sunshine Act Open Payment database for information about the nature and extent of industry payments to dermatologists.
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Exploring the Industry-Dermatologist Financial Relationship (JAMA Dermatology)
Andrew Lee, MBBS, MMed; Saxon D. Smith, MBChB, MHL, GAICD, FACD; Esther Hong, MBBS, MPhil, FACD; et al.
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JAMA Dermatol. 2016;152(12):1314-1319. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2016.3432
This study evaluates waist-to-height ratio in children with psoriasis as a potentially superior measure of central adiposity and increased cardiovascular risk than is body mass index.
Gary S. Chuang, MD; William Farinelli, BA; David C. Christiani, MD; et al.
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JAMA Dermatol. 2016;152(12):1320-1326. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2016.2097
This study characterizes the chemical composition and ultrafine particle content of the plume generated during laser hair removal.
Nathaniel H. Fleming, BA; Barbara M. Egbert, MD; Jinah Kim, MD, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Dermatol. 2016;152(12):1327-1334. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2016.2869
This cohort study of patients with mild or moderate dysplastic nevi and positive histologic margins on biopsy compares the risk of progression to melanoma with observation vs reexcision.
Euphemia W. Mu, MD; Jesse M. Lewin, MD; Mary L. Stevenson, MD; et al.
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JAMA Dermatol. 2016;152(12):1335-1341. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2016.2997
This study evaluates the diagnostic accuracy and precision of digitally stained confocal mosaic images before and after brief physician training to detect basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma in Mohs micrographic surgery specimens.
Audrey A. Jacobsen, BA; Ana Galvan, BS; Claudina Canaan Lachapelle, MD; et al.
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JAMA Dermatol. 2016;152(12):1342-1347. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2016.3156
This study surveyed patients at a free clinic in Florida, assessing their skin cancer risk perception, knowledge, and sun-protective behaviors and barriers.
Ellen N. Pritchett, MD, MPH; Alden Doyle, MD, MPH; Christine M. Shaver, MD; et al.
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JAMA Dermatol. 2016;152(12):1348-1353. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2016.3328
This medical record review of organ transplant recipients describes demographic and clinical factors and the incidence of skin cancer in nonwhite recipients.
Jad Chahoud, MD; Adele Semaan, MPH; Yong Chen, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Dermatol. 2016;152(12):1354-1364. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2015.4530
This meta-analysis evaluates existing epidemiological data on type-specific β-genus human papillomavirus and its association with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.
Maressa C. Criscito, BS; Kathryn J. Martires, MD; Jennifer A. Stein, MD, PhD
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JAMA Dermatol. 2016;152(12):1365-1371. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2016.1886
This cohort study uses SEER registry data to investigate the associations between demographic, tumor, and treatment variables and overall survival in patients with dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans.