Clinical presentations and decreasing incidence of melanoma in pediatric and adolescent and young adult patients: 76,108 cases from a nationally representative cohort.

Background: Knowledge of melanoma presentations among pediatric and adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients are limited because of studies with small sample sizes.

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the incidence trends and melanoma presentations based on age, sex, race, and ethnicity using a large cohort of diagnoses from 1997 to 2020.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was completed using the National Childhood Cancer Registry from 1997 to 2020.

Impact of skin of color specialty dermatologic clinics on diagnoses and management.

Dedicated care of Skin of Color (SOC) individuals is crucial for increasing access and culturally-sensitive management of this population [1]. Although SOC specialty clinics (SOCSC) are becoming increasingly popular, data on these is limited. We seek to describe the first detailed experience from a SOCSC.