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@gwensnyder Until recently, I rarely thought about sunblock. That changed when the #dermatologist discovered a basal cell #carcinoma (BCC) on my nose. It took hours of surgery and testing and was quite an ordeal. The surgeon followed a careful procedure to minimize the disfiguring excisions (Moh’s). The BCC was about 8mm in diameter. My nose looked like Stickney Crater on Phobos. More hours of “plastic” surgery followed to reconstruct my nose.

All because I didn’t use sunblock.

Study in #JAMA Dermatology finds that various #guidelines for skin #cancer follow-up are inconsistent. "A call to action".
Canadian doctors & pharmacists can see my news report in The Medical Post/ Canadian Healthcare Network (Sorry, password protected to others).

Some highlights:
...A review of multiple clinical practice guidelines, from within Canada and beyond...

Researchers found “there is little consensus among clinical practice guidelines on the appropriate follow-up frequency after treatment of keratinocyte carcinoma. This is largely because there is limited data supporting one follow-up regimen over another,” said study coauthor Sara Mirali, a #medical and PhD student at the University of Toronto...

“Clinicians vary in how often they follow patients after treatment for keratinocyte #carcinoma ... Unfortunately, the optimal follow-up frequency is unclear, which has implications for patient outcomes and healthcare resources,” she told the Medical Post...(and more)

#dermatology #oncology #MedMastodon canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/w