Tom W Andrew, Sophie Erdmann, Mogdad Alrawi, Ruth Plummer, Sophia Z Shalhout, Vern Sondak, Isaac Brownell, Penny E Lovat, Aidan Rose
{"title":"A multivariable disease specific model enhances prognostication beyond current Merkel cell carcinoma staging: an international cohort study of 10,958 patients.","authors":"Tom W Andrew, Sophie Erdmann, Mogdad Alrawi, Ruth Plummer, Sophia Z Shalhout, Vern Sondak, Isaac Brownell, Penny E Lovat, Aidan Rose","doi":"10.1016/j.jaad.2024.10.096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2024.10.096","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a highly aggressive cutaneous malignancy for which accurate prognostication is necessary to support clinical management.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>1. To determine which survival endpoint - disease-specific-death (DSD) or overall survival (OS)- was better stratified by MCC AJCC 8<sup>th</sup> edition staging. 2. To develop a multivariable model for enhanced MCC survival predictions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Retrospective analysis of 10,958 histologically confirmed MCC between January 2000 and December 2020 was performed. Patient and tumor features were analysed from two cohorts: a US cohort and an external validation UK cohort. A multivariable Fine and Gray Competing Risk (FG) model was utilised to account for competing risk.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>DSD demonstrated greater discriminatory power as a survival endpoint when compared to OS. Multivariate FG analysis identified the most impactful features for DSD: truncal lesions (subdistribution hazard ratios (SHR) 1.96, p<.001), age >84 years (SHR 1.79, p<.001), male sex (SHR 1.34, p<.001) and marital status (SHR 1.09, p<.001). A second FG model incorporating those impactful features enhanced survival predictions beyond current MCC staging criteria alone in both US (C-index 0.75 vs 0.64, p<.001) and external validation cohorts. cohort (C-index 0.77).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>MCC staging can stratify DSD better than OS. Additional patient and tumour features enhanced prognostication beyond current staging systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":17198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142693250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yiqun Zhang, Jin Wu, Xin Cai, Kui Jiang, Weizhen Zhang, Hongfeng Zhou, Zhongwu Li, Shijie Lan, Jiwei Liu, Fang Liu, Yan Wang, Hongxue Meng, Zhen Guo, Liang Guo, Xiang Ji, Mei Xiang, Xinxin Yang, Yongqi Li, Lu Feng, Yuhuan Mao, Di Wu
{"title":"Nevus-associated acral melanoma has lower risk of recurrence and mortality than de novo acral melanoma: A multicenter, retrospective analysis of 482 patients.","authors":"Yiqun Zhang, Jin Wu, Xin Cai, Kui Jiang, Weizhen Zhang, Hongfeng Zhou, Zhongwu Li, Shijie Lan, Jiwei Liu, Fang Liu, Yan Wang, Hongxue Meng, Zhen Guo, Liang Guo, Xiang Ji, Mei Xiang, Xinxin Yang, Yongqi Li, Lu Feng, Yuhuan Mao, Di Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.jaad.2024.11.029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2024.11.029","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>It is unknown whether acral melanomas (AM) associated with pre-existing nevi have similar risk to other acral melanomas.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To compare risk of recurrence and death between AM associated with pre-existing nevi and de novo AM.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a multicenter retrospective cohort study involving patients diagnosed with AM between February 2011 and November 2022.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>164 patients (34.0%) had nevus-associated acral melanoma (NAAM). NAAM has lower risk of recurrence (HR 0.69, 95% CI 0.52-0.91, P = 0.008) and mortality (HR 0.53, 95% CI 0.37-0.76, P < 0.001) than de novo acral melanoma (DNAM). The five-year recurrence-free survival (RFS) was 55.1% for NAAM compared to 42.3% for DNAM. The five-year overall survival (OS) was 75.1% for NAAM and 63.2% for DNAM. Multivariate analyses identified Breslow thickness, nevus association, and sentinel node status as independent predictors of RFS. Age, Breslow thickness, nevus association, lymphovascular invasion, ulceration, and sentinel node status were independent predictors of OS.</p><p><strong>Limitations: </strong>The study's limitations included its retrospective design and missing data.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Patients with nevus-associated AM had significantly better RFS and OS compared to those with de novo AM. Nevus association was an independent prognostic factor for both RFS and OS.</p>","PeriodicalId":17198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142693194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mitchell A Taylor, Divya Sharma, Sierra Thomas, Erin X Wei, Vanessa B Voss
{"title":"Reduced Disease-Specific Mortality in Melanoma in situ Patients Treated with Mohs Surgery over Wide Local Excision: A Study of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database.","authors":"Mitchell A Taylor, Divya Sharma, Sierra Thomas, Erin X Wei, Vanessa B Voss","doi":"10.1016/j.jaad.2024.11.021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2024.11.021","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142693195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rashwan Alameddine, Nabeel Ahmad, Zaryab Alam, Omar Pacha
{"title":"Celiac Disease Associated with Alopecia Areata: A multicenter case control study.","authors":"Rashwan Alameddine, Nabeel Ahmad, Zaryab Alam, Omar Pacha","doi":"10.1016/j.jaad.2024.11.023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2024.11.023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune disorder triggered by the ingestion of gluten, which leads to inflammation and damage to the small intestine. CD is widely associated with various cutaneous disorders, such as Dermatitis Herpetiformis, however, a cross-sectional study with 300 participants conducted by Dev et al<sup>1</sup> hypothesized that it could also be associated with Alopecia Areata (AA).</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This case control study aims to investigate the potential association between Celiac Disease and the prevalence of Alopecia Areata after initial diagnosis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Our case control study utilized TriNetX to identify 509,910 patients with Celiac Disease and compared them to 622,747 controls to measure differences in risk outcome for Alopecia Areata.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our analyses suggests that patients with CD (N=495,211), compared to controls (N=495,112), have an elevated risk in developing Alopecia Areata with an odds ratio of 1.25(1.129-1.385) and p<0.0001.</p><p><strong>Limitations: </strong>Limitations in this study include analyzing the United States population, potential errors in charting, misdiagnoses, and the erroneous filing of ICD codes to patient charts due to TriNetX utilizing AI to search for patient data.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The large sample size leveraged in this study substantiates an association that was previously suggested but not well established. The compelling degree of association found, even with the possible errors inherent in large, automatically compiled databases, affirms the long suspected association between CD and increased risk of AA.</p>","PeriodicalId":17198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142693252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pablo Lopez-Balboa, Nicole Knöpfel, Mitesh Ramwani, Noreen Muwanga-Nanyonjo Ms, Claire O'Neill, Debra Lomas, Thomas Cullup, S Polubothu, Veronica A Kinsler
{"title":"Becker's nevi are associated with neurological abnormalities.","authors":"Pablo Lopez-Balboa, Nicole Knöpfel, Mitesh Ramwani, Noreen Muwanga-Nanyonjo Ms, Claire O'Neill, Debra Lomas, Thomas Cullup, S Polubothu, Veronica A Kinsler","doi":"10.1016/j.jaad.2024.09.085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2024.09.085","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142693251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"This Month in JAAD Reviews: February 2025: Apremilast and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Associated Psoriasis.","authors":"Shari R Lipner","doi":"10.1016/j.jaad.2024.11.027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2024.11.027","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142693196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Response to Yamaguchi et al.'s \"Anti-SS-A antibody is a potential predictor of severe Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis: A retrospective cohort study\".","authors":"Sweta Subhadarshani, Taylor Griffith","doi":"10.1016/j.jaad.2024.09.082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2024.09.082","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142687309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Richard Bindernagel, Emily Woolhiser, Arpita Patel, Richard Miller
{"title":"Oysters, Limpets, and Elephants: A Literature Review of the Hyperkeratotic Psoriasis Variants.","authors":"Richard Bindernagel, Emily Woolhiser, Arpita Patel, Richard Miller","doi":"10.1016/j.jaad.2024.11.018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2024.11.018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142687379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Turning Our Attention to Melanoma Risk in Turner Syndrome.","authors":"Warren R Heymann","doi":"10.1016/j.jaad.2024.11.024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2024.11.024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142687323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Innovative low-cost, lightweight Follicular unit extraction micromotor device.","authors":"Sanjeev Gupta, Ravi Shankar Jangra, Saurabh Swaroop Gupta, Rohit Singla, Aditi Dabhra","doi":"10.1016/j.jaad.2024.11.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2024.11.016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142687371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}