JAMA Dermatology (journal)

November 12, 2025

New study reveals long-term impacts on Stevens-Johnson syndrome survivors 

SJS and TEN occur when a medication triggers the immune system to attack the body’s own skin and mucous membranes.

By Kylie Avery
“The Gout” by British artist James Gillray is a hand-colored soft-ground etching from 1799 and is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (public domain)
October 29, 2025

New genetic marker found to predict severe gout drug reactions in US patients

The discovery could improve safety of allopurinol for millions by expanding genetic screening.

By Craig Boerner
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September 17, 2025

Study reveals efficacy of nicotinamide for skin cancer prevention 

Overall, there was a 14% reduction in skin cancer risk. When nicotinamide was taken after a first skin cancer, the risk reduction rose to 54%.

By Tom Wilemon
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April 10, 2025

Study provides guidance on immunotherapy-related, chronic skin reactions 

Researchers recommended long-term follow-up for patients by dermatologists familiar with cirAEs and consideration of corticosteroid-sparing treatment options.

By Tom Wilemon
Inga Saknite, PhD, Eric Tkaczyk, MD, PhD, and colleagues are studying how white blood cell motion in the skin’s microvasculature can help predict which stem cell and bone marrow transplant patients would have a relapse of their blood cancer. (photo by Anne Rayner)
March 28, 2022

Study finds 10-second videos predict blood cancer relapse

Vanderbilt research shows that 10-second videos of white blood cell motion in the skin’s microvasculature greatly improved the prediction of which stem cell and bone marrow transplant patients would have a relapse of their blood cancer.

By Paul Govern
September 2, 2021

Using billing codes to count cancers

The billing codes in electronic health records are useful for counting skin cancers over time — an important metric for cancer risk assessment and prevention.

By Paul Govern
October 8, 2015

Study shows compression device helps ease lymphedema

Lymphedema patients saw a nearly 80 percent reduction in cellulitis episodes by using an advanced pneumatic compression device at home, according to a study in JAMA Dermatology co-authored by Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s Sheila Ridner, Ph.D., and University of Minnesota School of Public Health Associate Professor Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Ph.D.
By VUMC News and Communications
September 5, 2013

Sarcoidosis research finds promising oral therapy

VUMC researchers have reported promising results in using oral antimycobacterial therapy to treat chronic cutaneous sarcoidosis, considered by clinicians a difficult illness to effectively control.
By Wayne Wood