Beyond the Digest are bonus episodes to the DermSurgery Digest that include reviews of interesting and relevant articles from the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology and Future Oncology.

Articles featured in this episode include: 

• “Most cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma recurrences occur in the first 3 years after diagnosis: A multicenter retrospective cohort study.” JAAD
• “The epidemiology of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans incidence, metastasis, and death among various population groups: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database analysis.” JAAD
• “Enhanced disease-specific survival in lentigo maligna melanoma patients treated with Mohs surgery over wide local excision: A retrospective cohort analysis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database.” JAAD
• “Differential time series analysis shows deceleration in melanoma mortality prior to the widespread use of highly effective therapies.” JAAD
• “Early postoperative water exposure does not increase complications in cutaneous surgeries: A randomized, investigator-blinded, controlled trial.” JAAD
• “Predicting adjuvant radiation therapy benefit in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma with the 40-gene expression profile.” Future Oncology

Beyond the Digest Contributors include Naomi Lawrence, MD, Dermatologic Surgery Digital Content Editor; Yesul Kim, MD, Beyond the Digest Co-host; Ami Greene, MD; Payvand Kamrani, DO; Sydney Proffer, MD; Shayna Rivard, MD; and Katie Shahwan, MD.

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