Beyond the Digest: May 2025

Beyond the Digest are bonus episodes to the DermSurgery Digest that include reviews of interesting and relevant articles from JAMA Network and JAAD.

Articles featured in this episode include: 

·        “Oncologic outcomes for invasive squamous cell carcinoma with a clinically resolved biopsy site managed by watchful waiting: A retrospective cohort study” JAAD

·        “Risk Factor Number and Recurrence, Metastasis, and Disease-Related Death in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma” JAMA Network

·        “A multicenter validation study of Mohs micrographic surgery versus wide local excision in primary high-stage cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma” JAAD

·        “Identifying the impact of minor risk factors in Brigham and Women's Hospital stage T1 cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas on risk of poor outcomes: A retrospective cohort study” JAAD

·        “Prevalence of poor outcomes in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma by AJCC and BWH tumor stages: A systematic review and meta-analysis” JAAD

·        “Lymphovascular invasion is an independent predictor of metastasis and disease-specific death in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: A multicenter retrospective study” JAAD

·        “riSCC: A personalized risk model for the development of poor outcomes in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma” JAAD

Beyond the Digest Contributors include Naomi Lawrence, MD, Dermatologic Surgery Digital Content Editor; Yesul Kim, MD, Beyond the Digest Co-host; Caresse Gamret, MD; Tara Jennings, MD; Sydney Proffer, MD; Yssra Soliman, MD; Kathryn Shahwan, MD; Ami Greene, MD; and.

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