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A young woman with a rare skin cancer was diagnosed late because her symptoms were unusual for the disease.

Regular endoscopic checks are crucial for Cronkhite-Canada syndrome patients to catch potential cancers early.

Surgical removal of a scalp keratoacanthoma is effective and prevents recurrence, but hair may not regrow.

Mohs micrographic surgery is effective for early-stage non-melanoma skin cancers on the lips, with basal cell carcinoma more common on the upper cutaneous lip and squamous cell carcinoma more common on the lower vermilion lip.

Melatonin may help with nerve pain, a hepatitis C drug is effective but has side effects, a treatment for mouth sores works but can cause blood issues, ear reconstruction with an implant is safe, HIV transmission from mother to child in Taiwan is now 0% with treatment, certain blood problems are more common in people with a tongue condition, a gene and being overweight are linked to hair loss in some women, a new technique could reduce radiation for lung nodule patients, a hepatitis treatment may lower cancer recurrence after a procedure, and adding extra screening improves tuberculosis detection in patients with lung infections.

CEC levels may be a useful marker for predicting prostate cancer progression.

Photodynamic therapy is the preferred treatment for skin precancer due to its effectiveness and safety.

A 69-year-old woman has a fast-growing hand lesion that didn't improve with salicylic acid.

Acne is not a key diagnostic feature for PCOS, postadolescent men with acne may have insulin resistance, melanoma patients often have few moles, tumor size in CSCC indicates higher risk of serious outcomes, and hidradenitis suppurativa is linked to higher risk of heart problems and death.

A man with both skin lesions and lung cancer improved quickly with chemotherapy, suggesting the skin condition might be a reaction to immune system injury.

A woman with cervical cancer had rare scalp metastasis causing a unique type of hair loss.

In 2023, there were major advancements in skin and venereal disease treatments.

Non-white organ transplant patients have worse skin cancer outcomes due to later diagnosis and treatment.

Melanoma patients can learn to check their skin, early balding in men may indicate similar risks as PCOS in women, certain criteria can help predict skin cancer behavior, small skin cancer may not need extra therapy after surgery, and sterile gloves don't reduce infection in minor surgeries.

SOX4 is crucial for the development of melanoma.

Aggressive scalp squamous cell carcinomas have a high death rate and need early, strong treatment.

A woman's symptoms of increased body hair and testosterone were caused by a rare adrenal tumor, which was removed successfully.

Some aggressive scalp cancers are hard to treat and can be deadly, even when removed with specialized surgery.

A neck lesion misdiagnosed as benign was later treated successfully with Mohs Micrographic Surgery.

A 70-year-old man with skin cancer on both sides of his forehead was treated with surgery and cryotherapy, highlighting the need for early detection and prevention.

Gene variation affects prostate issues and hair loss.

Removing a cat's pancreatic cancer can temporarily reverse hair loss caused by the disease.

A woman was diagnosed with a rare adrenal gland cancer that did not show usual hormone-related symptoms.

Trichofolliculoma, a rare benign hair follicle tumor, can potentially recur.

Sonidegib and vismodegib are similarly effective for advanced basal cell carcinoma, but sonidegib might have a slightly better safety profile.

The article concludes that hair loss is a common side effect of drugs treating skin cancer by blocking the hedgehog pathway, but treatment should continue, and more selective drugs might prevent this side effect.

New treatments targeting the Hedgehog pathway can help treat advanced skin cancer but may have side effects and their effectiveness in early stages is unknown.

Vismodegib is effective for basal cell carcinoma but has severe side effects.

Finasteride may not affect gynecomastia recurrence after mastectomy.

Looking at tissue characteristics isn't reliable for telling apart basal cell carcinoma from certain benign skin tumors.