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  1. CW: more health whinge 🩹

    and because my annual #dermatology appointment also had to be this week i just went for a #skin checkup and oh wonder i now have 24 additional holes burnt into me 🧀 :dumpster_fire_gif: i need to stay out of the #sun altogether just can't afford her hickeys anymore

    related #fuckcancer including #carcinomas

    edit: not all were #carcinoma but still too many

  2. If you have had multiple surgeries to continually remove cancer cells, please know you aren't alone and someone knows that it hurts. It also takes a great deal of strength to keep up with life during that time. You have been seen. #cancer #mentalhealth #Carcinoma #Dermatology

  3. Here's the thing with #cancer - there's a whole lot less empathy for those of us who deal with recurring but less life-threatening forms than with other more commonly debilitating forms, but mentally there isn't a great deal of difference.
    #Carcinoma #Dermatology #MentalHealth

  4. 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