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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Dermatology

Dermatology current awareness bulletin

Frequency: Bi-monthly

Links to articles in the current and previous 2 issues of this bulletin are displayed below.

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August 2025

3D total-body photography in patients at high risk for melanoma: a randomized clinical trial

Area deprivation index and melanoma thickness in veterans

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for assessing and triaging skin lesions referred to the urgent suspected skin cancer pathway: early value assessment (new NICE guideline HTE24)

Cost-effectiveness analysis of 3D total-body photography for people at high risk of melanoma

Delphi panel for the development of diagnostic criteria for metastatic cutaneous Crohn disease: a consensus statement

Digital photography guide for dermatologists with special considerations for diverse populations

Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of oral DFD-29, a low-dose formulation of minocycline, in rosacea: two phase 3 randomized clinical trials

Global applicability of a risk prediction tool for sentinel node positivity in patients with primary cutaneous melanoma

Human papillomavirus vaccination and actinic keratosis burden: the VAXAK randomized clinical trial

Investigating the genetic basis of the influence of adiposity on psoriasis: a cross-sectional study in a large United Kingdom population-based biobank

Mohs surgery vs wide local excision in primary high-stage cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

Risk factor number and recurrence, metastasis, and disease-related death in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

Risk of major adverse cardiovascular events following nicotinamide exposure

Risk prediction models for sentinel node positivity in melanoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Spesolimab for treating generalised pustular psoriasis flares (new NICE guideline TA1070)

Standard dermatoscope images vs an autonomous total body photography and dermoscopic imaging device

Suspected cancer: recognition and referral (updated NICE guideline NG12)

Systemic therapies for psoriatic disease and serious infections in older adults

Topical antimicrobial dressings for locally infected leg ulcers: late-stage assessment (new NICE guideline HTE27)

Sources

JAMA Dermatology (May-Jun); Journal of Investigative Dermatology (May); NICE website (May-Jun)

June 2025

ACKR3 in skin homeostasis, an overlooked player in the CXCR4/CXCL12 axis

#Acne: a thematic qualitative analysis of acne content on TikTok

Acne relapse and isotretinoin retrial in patients with acne

Alopecia areata–specific patient-reported outcome measures: a systematic review

Cell therapy and the skin: great potential but in need of optimization

Combination of baricitinib and phototherapy in adults with active vitiligo: a randomized clinical trial

Current insights on lipidomics in dermatology: a systematic review

Effectiveness of adalimumab biosimilars and originator for psoriasis

Emerging techniques in spatial multiomics: fundamental principles and applications to dermatology

A guide to screening for autoimmune diseases in patients with vulvar lichen sclerosus

Immune checkpoint inhibitors in field cancerization and keratinocyte cancer prevention

Missed diagnoses, missed opportunities: closing the gap in skin cancer for patients of color

Optimizing pemphigus management with rituximab and short-term relapse predictors

Paediatric hypotrichosis: a clinical and algorithmic approach to diagnosis

Prevention of post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation in skin of colour: a systematic review

Psoriatic arthritis: a comprehensive review for the dermatology

Recreational use of nitrous oxide as a source of frostbite injuries to the skin: a review of the literature and a case report

Risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis survivors

Skin changes of the female breast: a guide to assessment and management

Systematic review of rare major adverse cardiovascular events associated with the treatment of acne with isotretinoin

Topical steroid withdrawal: uncovering neuroinflammatory mechanisms

Sources

Australian Journal of Dermatology (May); Australian Journal of General Practice (May); Dermatology Times (May); European Burn Journal (Mar); JAMA Dermatology (Apr); Journal of Investigative Dermatology, The (May); Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (May)

April 2025

The association between obesity and efficacy of psoriasis therapies: an expert consensus panel

Atopic dermatitis (Lancet review)

Carbon footprint analysis of an outpatient dermatology practice at an academic medical center

Clinical presentations and decreasing incidence of melanoma in pediatric and adolescent and young adult patients: 76,108 cases from a nationally representative cohort

Connexin hemichannel inhibition and human genodermatoses

COVID-19 infection is associated with an elevated risk for autoimmune blistering diseases while COVID-19 vaccination decreases the risk: a large-scale population-based cohort study of 112 million individuals

Deep hair phenomics: implications in endocrinology, development, and aging

Diagnosis and management of subungual and periungual verruca: a clinical review

The diverse faces of Hansen's disease: a pictorial review

Eczema severity scoring in skin of color: a review of current best practice and need for future improvement

G protein–coupled receptors in skin aging

A geospatial analysis of the association between access to tanning bed facilities and melanoma in the United States New England region

Hidradenitis suppurativa (Lancet review)

Hidradenitis suppurativa surgery complication rates among patients with obesity or diabetes or who smoke: a review

How can spatial transcriptomic profiling advance our understanding of skin diseases?

Intratumoral administration of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine delays melanoma growth in mice

Low-dose oral minoxidil does not significantly affect blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Management of antithrombotic medications in dermatologic surgery

Management of intraoperative and perioperative bleeding

Molecular and cellular function of p63 in skin development and genetic diseases

Nucleic acid therapy for the skin

Pumping the breaks on acantholytic skin disorders: targeting calcium pumps, desmosomes, and downstream signaling in Darier, Hailey–Hailey, and Grover Disease

A retrospective multicenter cohort study of differences in clinical characteristics of infantile hemangiomas in preterm and term infants: prematurity increases risk of permanent cutaneous sequelae

Risk of death due to melanoma and other causes in patients with thin cutaneous melanomas

The skin acid mantle: an update on skin pH

Skin cancer diagnosis by lesion, physician, and examination type: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sunscreens part 1: mechanisms and efficacy

Sunscreens part 2: regulation and safety

Undifferentiated round cell sarcomas of the skin

Sources

Diagnostic Histopathology (Feb); JAMA Dermatology (Feb-Mar); Journal of Investigative Dermatology, The (Mar-Apr); Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (Mar-Apr); Lancet, The (Jan-Feb); Scientific Reports (Feb)

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