Episode 2 of Pharmanipulation invites Adewole S. Adamson MD, MPP, to discuss the relationship of sun exposure to melanoma, whether sunscreen actually prevents skin cancer, and the overdiagnosis of melanoma. Dr. Adamson is a board-certified dermatologist and an assistant professor in the department of Internal Medicine at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin where he studies skin cancer, evidence-based medicine, and health policy. He is also the Director of the Pigmented Lesion Clinic at the University of Texas at Austin, and he serves as an assistant editor at JAMA Dermatology.

Pharmanipulation is produced by PharmedOut, a Georgetown University Medical Center rational prescribing project. For a transcript of this episode, please visit: https://georgetown.box.com/s/3bte8vynpulj33kv3qdtwdabamm2n9xx 

To learn more about Dr. Adamson, please visit his website: https://adeadamson.com/

Dr. Adamson’s paper on Estimating Overdiagnosis of Melanoma Using Trends Among Black and White Patients in the U.S. is available here: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/fullarticle/2789995

Dr. Adamson’s paper on The Rapid Rise in Cutaneous Melanoma Diagnoses is available here: https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMsb2019760?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

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Pharmanipulation is a new show created by PharmedOut, dedicated to the topics of evidence-based medicine and industry influence on medical information and public health. PharmedOut is a Georgetown University Medical Center rational prescribing project. Episode 1 covers pharmaceutical marketing tactics, industry influence on medical knowledge, and invented diseases. Join hosts Caroline Renko and Patricia Bencivenga as they interview Adriane Fugh-Berman MD, the Director of PharmedOut. 

Links

PharmedOut website: https://www.pharmedout.org/ 

PharmedOut is supported primarily by individual donations. To make a donation please visit: https://sites.google.com/georgetown.edu/pharmedout/donate 

Pharma Marketing Hub (factsheets and summaries of important topics): https://sites.google.com/georgetown.edu/pharmedout/resources/pharma-marketing-hub?authuser=0

Patient Grooming Webinar: https://youtu.be/PD_tBqHDouY 

Transcript to this episode: https://georgetown.box.com/s/qsf6875gd5qgelemtx9urltgaxyl77lx